But, in practice, it is hard to feel that my decision-making powers have been weakened because when I got my driver's license enrolling in organ donation was the default option.
In December, he refused to license a new grammar school in Kent while – with characteristic ambiguity – suggesting this refusal was merely a technicality.
Macdonald allegedly granted a lucrative coal exploration license to benefit a political ally, union boss John Maitland, in another high-profile matter investigated by Icac.
It was curtains for the whole bally lot of it – a heavy velvet drape drawn across a series that had taken artistic license to extremes, then set fire to it, then run away laughing.
"When you demonize a population, some people take that as a license to commit violence," said Heidi Beirich, director of the Intelligence Project at SPLC, which tracks hate crimes.
The special relationship gave Thatcher license to disagree on German reunification, the role of the United Nations in the Gulf war, and other points.
"We don't have license plates saying 'Black Power.'" Governor Nathan Deal said Tuesday that he was unaware of the plate.
According to Imperial College's Dr Robin Carhart-Harris, a researcher into the effects of drugs on the brain, "The current laws impede our research due to the requirement for a Schedule 1 drug license, which is expensive, takes a while to set-up and requires maintenance fees and check-ups.
In another incident, the license plate belonging to a Silver Dodge was dutifully entered into the FBI's database, after a "source" spotted the driver and another man photographing a building associated with TransCanada.
Let's say you and your partner dashed off to celebrate your long-standing relationship as soon as it was first possible to get a marriage license in your state.
That's the homespun skepticism that earned Missouri its unofficial nickname – the stuff of license plates: the Show-Me State.
