Consensus Quotes

265 quotes by 230 authors

The debate's over. The people who dispute the international consensus on global warming are in the same category now with the people who think the… — Al Gore
As a geologist, I love Earth observations, but it is ridiculous to tie this objective to a 'consensus' that humans are causing global warming when… — Harrison Schmitt
Two thousand scientists, in a hundred countries, engaged in the most elaborate, well organized scientific collaboration in the history of humankind, have produced long-since a… — Al Gore
There's a better scientific consensus on this than on any issue I know - except maybe Newton's second law of dynamics...Man has reached the point… — D. James Baker
It used to be controversial whether smoking caused lung cancer, it used to be controversial whether HIV caused AIDS. Now, there are a few mavericks… — Martin Rees
I am not here as a public official, but as a citizen of a troubled world who finds hope in a growing consensus that the… — Jimmy Carter
Whereas our common past, out of Africa, saw a global diaspora of humankind, our common future depends on a global coming together and consensus, resulting… — Bob Brown
For more than a half a century, we know that we prospered because of a bipartisan consensus on defense and foreign policy. We must do… — Hillary Clinton
History has shown that a country most effectively speaks with one voice. When nationally elected officials work together, build consensus, and provide leadership, the American… — Chuck Hagel
Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally… — Renata Adler
I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's… — Barbara Kruger
A U. S. of modern A. where the State is not a team or a code, but a sort of sloppy intersection of desires and… — David Foster
My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any… — Christopher Hitchens
How do I know that I know this, except that I've always been taught this and never heard anything else? How sure am I of… — Christopher Hitchens
What is important to me is there has been consensus and clarity, (and) much better coordination. We'll be much quicker to control avian influenza as… — David Nabarro
The overwhelming majority of people are comfortable with consensus, but successful investors tend to have a contrarian bent, — Seth Klarman
Conversations...begin with the sort of imaginative engagement you get when you read a novel or watch a movie or attend to a work of art… — Kwame Anthony Appiah
Conversation doesnâ€™t have to lead to consensus about anything especially not values; itâ€™s enough that it helps people get used to one another — Kwame Anthony Appiah
There is no doubt in my mind that the literature on climate change overwhelmingly supports the hypothesis that climate change is caused by humans. I… — Richard Tol
Moreover, as America becomes an increasingly multi-cultural society, it may find it more difficult to fashion a consensus on foreign policy issues, except in the… — Zbigniew Brzezinski

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