What distinguishes exemplary boards is that they are robust, effective social systems . . .The highest performing companies have extremely contentious boards… — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Copy Share Image
If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
You must know the difference between dissent from the Iraq war and the war on terror and undermining it. And any American… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience. — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
In most civil law systems there are no dissents. There is a single opinion for the court: it is unanimous; it is… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
But you go to a great school, not for knowledge so much as for arts and habits; for the habit of attention,… — William Johnson Cory Copy Share Image
If the bishops are saying that it is divine revelation that seven percent of unemployment is morally unacceptable and that that is… — Bruce Babbitt Copy Share Image
Our Constitution is a mighty document, but the rights it secures require constant vigilance - and the unwavering voices of justices who… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The truth is that a vast restructuring of our society is needed if remedies are to become available to the average person.… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
If you don't hire originals, you run the risk of people disagreeing but not voicing their dissent. — Adam Grant Copy Share Image
I assume that those who cling to old beliefs will be able to whisper their thoughts in the recesses of their homes,… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
Once you start choking the space for dissent in a democracy, people feel pushed to the wall and then it leads to… — Mehbooba Mufti Copy Share Image
The President proclaims war, and those Senators who dissent are not those who know better, but those who can afford to...Democracy becomes… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Man is about to be an automaton; he is identifiable only in the computer. As a person of worth and creativity, as… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Looking at God instantly reduces our disposition to dissent from our brother. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The time appears to me to have come when it is the duty of all to make their dissent from religion known. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
A good argument diluted to avoid criticism is not nearly as good as the undiluted argument, because we best arrive at truth… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
America was born of revolt, flourished on dissent, became great through experimentation. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
Look at the global warming issue. Why are the left so angry? They appear to be getting everything they want. The Pope's… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If you dissent without breaking the law then you are legitimizing the system that allows this kind of latitude. You have to… — Philip Berrigan Copy Share Image
Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected. — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Not long ago, having expressed some disagreements in print with an old comrade of long standing, I was sent a response that… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
