An ethical man doesn't need a consensus of his allies in order to act against something he finds reprehensible. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Reaching consensus in a group is often confused with finding the right answer. — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
I do believe that there's going to be a pretty strong consensus for a very strong .. censure resolution. — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
I decide on the basis of conscience. A genuine leader doesn't reflect consensus, he molds consensus. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“That he was an arse seemed to be the general consensus of the day.” — Kathryn Smith Copy Share Image
Rules must be respected... and if one wants to change then a consensus is required. — Fumio Kishida Copy Share Image
I'd like to know why sociologists can't decide whether movie sex and violence has any effect on children, but there's a universal… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
There is growing consensus that new parents need help--information, advice, practical assistance--and that infants and toddlers need stimulation as well as care… — Sheila Kamerman Copy Share Image
If you look over the course of a hundred years, I think the gradual erosion of the consensus that's held our country… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
We've had periods of meanness in American politics. Actually, the dawn of partisan division in America was basically in George Washington's second… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“A high self-esteem having artist works hard to be understood. A low self-esteem having artist works hard to be agreed with.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Do you want to work with us?” “Everybody seems to think I should; they believe you’re fighting the good fight. It’s just… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
The consensus we arrived with States for amending the Constitution to implement GST is a major breakthrough. This alone has the potential… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Avoid committees and consensus in developing big, distinctive business model advantages. Individuals have big, distinctive ideas; committees and consensus turn big, distinctive… — Bob Herbold Copy Share Image
Moreover, as America becomes an increasingly multi-cultural society, it may find it more difficult to fashion a consensus on foreign policy issues,… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Business leaders, labor unions, governors, mayors, congressmen and presidents have all complained about a lack of funding for years, but aside from… — Steve Kroft Copy Share Image
Our normal expectations about reality are created by a social consensus. We are taught how to see and understand the world. The… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
I think, and there's a pretty strong economic consensus on this, that at that juncture you should spend more, even though it… — Thomas B. Edsall Copy Share Image
Here’s someone who says there’s no such thing, it’s all intelligent design. How sure am I of my own views? Don’t take… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters. I don't… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“The results show how unreliable peer consensus can be, even when it is a peer consensus of highly intellectual people, if those… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
There is a growing scientific consensus that animals have emotions and feel pain. This awareness is going to effect change: better treatment… — April Gornik Copy Share Image
The central problem of our age is not liberalism or modernism, nor the old Roman Catholicism or the new Roman Catholicism, nor… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Alliance and NATO is two different things. France is a member of the Alliance. NATO is an organization not mentioned in… — Helmut Schmidt Copy Share Image
“The value of free speech lies not just in the protection of popular opinions but in the shelter it provides for dissenting… — James William Steven Parker Copy Share Image
“Study of the historical Jesus belongs to the diversity and pluralism of modernity, or, if you prefer, postmodernity, and there can be… — Allison Jr., Dale C Copy Share Image
Epistemology now flourishes with various complementary approaches. This includes formal epistemology, experimental philosophy, cognitive science and psychology, including relevant brain science, and… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
Everything we've done has been designed to make sure that we address that number one priority. That's what the sanctions regime was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
How strange that excision – female circumcision, with several languages using the same term for both kinds of mutilation – of little… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding. — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
Consensus is usually made possible by vague language and shallow commitments. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The role of the comedian is to say 'Wait a minute' when a consensus starts to form. — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
There is a beauty that arises from withholding judgment and evading comparison, a grace in not demanding consensus. — David Romtvedt Copy Share Image
You can't forge a new sort of consensus, you can't forge public opinion, by following public opinion. — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
There's a general consensus of opinion that people in love are apt to look silly -- except to each other. — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
I always admired the tolerance of my family - you know, that they tolerated my dissension for the family consensus. — Ehud Olmert Copy Share Image
