Consequence Quotes

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We can no longer afford to consider air and water common property, free to be abused by anyone without regard to the consequences. Instead, we… — Richard M. Nixon
As it turns out, the ecological catastrophe Kirk feared that would be the consequence of our impiety appears not to be one of radically diminished… — Rod Dreher
Over the years, so many of the barriers that prevented people from getting married, crossing lines of faith or color or ethnicity have just disappeared.… — Hillary Clinton
The features of globalization have huge consequences on pandemics. It just connects us so much more closely... And as a consequence, every one of these… — Nathan Wolfe
There is a need in every generation to study the past, to absorb its spirit, to preserve its messages...it's a collaboration of ourselves and our… — Christopher Tunnard
By a conscious effort of the mind we can stand aloof from actions and their consequences; and all things, good and bad, go by us… — Henry David Thoreau
The primary rocks, ... I regard as the deposits of a period in which the earth's crust had sufficiently cooled down to permit the existence… — Hugh Miller
To regard states of distress in general as an objection, as something which must be abolished is the greatest nonsense on earth; having the most… — Friedrich Nietzsche
... when we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have an idea, which… — Idries Shah
Your printers have made but one blunder,Correct it instanter, and then for the thunder!We'll see in a jiffy if this Mr S[pencer]Has the ghost of… — Peter Tait
Peter erred in life and in doctrine. Paul might have dismissed Peter's error as a matter of no consequence. But Paul saw that Peter's error… — Martin Luther
For many phenomena, 80% of consequences stem from 20% of the causes. — Joseph M. Juran
Whatever humans have learned had to be learned as a consequence only of trial and error experience. Humans have learned only through mistakes. — R. Buckminster Fuller
The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does the reverse. . . .… — Confucius
I'd rather suffer the consequences of truth than of silence. — Ani DiFranco
You have agency, and you are free to choose. But there is actually no free agency. Agency has its price. You have to pay the… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Democracy cannot breathe, indeed will die, if those enjoined to protect it and uphold the laws snuff it out - with no consequences. — Marian Wright Edelman
Tolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of the â€œtolerance trapâ€… — Boyd K. Packer
But no matter how big the effort to push a propaganda line might be, climate change is bigger. This, undoubtedly and regrettably, is the biggest… — Peter Garrett
Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God. — Robert Dale Owen

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