Bureaucracies are progressive. meaning they have a burning fear that someone. somewhere, is doing something without permission. Jerry Pournelle
They are not multi-national, but supra-national - above nations. They don't need any passports. They can go in and out of countries without permission from anyone. Buckminster Fuller
Misfortune is never invited. And it comes and sits at the table without permission and it eats, leaving nothing but bones. Jacques Roumain
But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done. Bob Kerrey
Jahangir ordered that "a government collector or Jagirdar should not without permission intermarry with the people of the pargana in which he might be” for abduction and forced marriages were common enough. Jahangir
The oil companies are regulated by the federal government. They can't drill on land nor in American waters without permission from the feds. Many Republicans want to drill baby drill but what's the point if all the oil goes to China? Increased production obviously doesn't mean lower prices for us. Bill O'Reilly