Consequence Quotes
1836 quotes by 1341 authors
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Dreams have consequences. There is no turning back. A revolution is not a painless march to the gates of freedom and justice. It is a…
— Hisham Matar
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The incomparable James Walvin has done it again: he has crafted a beautifully written and deeply informed single volume history of the Atlantic slave trade…
— David W. Blight
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I realize now that I have made some mistakes. I am willing to accept the consequences of those actions.
— Ryan Braun
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Every event has a cause-that is ... for every event e1 there exists an event e2 (or a class of events e2, e3 ...) which…
— Ermanno Bencivenga
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In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes.
— Thorstein Veblen
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Consequence is no coincidence.
— Lauryn Hill
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We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark…
— Barbara Jordan
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The irony is that we've seen this model work really well in Massachusetts because Gov. Romney did a good thing, working with Democrats in the…
— Barack Obama
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The other thing we have to do is to take seriously the role in this problem of . . . older men who prey on…
— William J. Clinton
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The French revolution was a .eune invented and constructed for the purpose of manufacturing liberty; but it had neither lever cogs, nor adjusting powers, and…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes a choice, he…
— Marion G. Romney
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It cannot be said too often that actions are good or bad in the light of consequences, and that a clear perception of consequences would…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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The ideas of right and wrong change with the experience of the race, and this change is wrought by the gradual ascertaining of consequences -…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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I don't want to hurt people's feelings if I can help it. I don't want anyone unnecessarily humiliated, but I say whatever stands between you…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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Design is a field of concern, response, and enquiry as often as decision and consequence... it is convenient to group design into three simple categories,…
— Norman Potter
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Politics are about power; we cannot evade that truth or its consequences. We dream of a better world but it is in Utopia - that…
— D. W Brogan
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Any action taken will be against the terrorist network of Bin Laden.... As for the Taleban, they can surrender the terrorists or face the consequences…
— Tony Blair
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Their military training will ensure success in war, but they must maintain unity by not allowing the state to grow to large, and by ensuring…
— Plato
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I have a mathematical certainty that the future will confirm my assertion that aerial warfare will be the most important element in future wars, and…
— Giulio Douhet
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Follow your instincts and live with the consequences.
— Richard Branson
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