This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless it were natural.

- Algernon Sidney

If not met promptly and decidedly, the two portions of the Union will gradually become thoroughly alienated, when no alternative will be left to us, as the weaker of the two, but to sever all political ties or sink down into abject submission.

- John C. Calhoun

We emphasize that such a form of communication is not absent in man, however evanescent a naturally given object may be for him, split as it is in its submission to symbols.

- Jacques Lacan

I married a man who isn't afraid to wash a dish, scrub a toilet, or have his unibrow waxed into submission by a licensed professional.

- Jen Lancaster

Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace.

- Kim Il-sung

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.

- Stanley Milgram