Asking Permission Quotes
Third Annual Message to Congress, 7 Dec. 1903. "No one is above the law" appears in the U.S. Supreme Court case Mississippi v. Johnson (1867) (arguments of counsel). Even earlier, "no officer ... is above the law" is found in a Kentucky Supreme Court case, Johnston v. Commonwealth (1809).
Change isn't made by asking permission. Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.
Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.70, Penguin
Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy.
Amy Vanderbilt (1967). “Amy Vanderbilt's Everyday Etiquette”
