Her mother Lynne Spears on Britney`s upbringing] I was not a permissive mother at all.
- Britney SpearsThe permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society.
- Roy JenkinsAt the very least, Mr. Gonzales helped to create a permissive environment that made it more likely that abuses would take place.
- Alan UkeIn the question of homosexuality, the Vatican was rather permissive or lenient, with regard to all these crimes of sexual abuse.
- Alexander Eliot