Deliberation Quotes

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Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on. — Ambrose Bierce
In your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise: which of the… — Sun Tzu
Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so long and so carefully that he literally chokes with… — Soren Kierkegaard
There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of knowledge, of feeling, of desire,… — William James
I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly… — Benjamin Franklin
In the conduct of life we make use of deliberation to justify ourselves in doing what we want to do. — W. Somerset Maugham
Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter.… — Samuel Adams
He who acts under an emotional impulse also acts. What distinguishes an emotional action from other actions is the valuation of input and output. Emotions… — Ludwig von Mises
The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. — Samuel Adams
Perhaps the greatest scientific deception of the IPCC is the abuse and misuse of computer climate models. They allow them to make their reports and… — Timothy Ball
Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important . . . [I]t… — Charles Darwin
Contemporary political theorists continue this type of thinking about democracy by arguing that the development of "public judgment" among regular citizens should be made the… — Kevin Mattson
From these activists we can learn a crucial lesson: without citizens creating the institutions necessary for facilitating the growth of public deliberation, democracy will be… — Kevin Mattson
This Government, the offspring of your own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the… — George Washington
The example of changing a constitution by assembling the wise men of the state, instead of assembling armies, will be worth as much to the… — Thomas Jefferson
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the lighting of every cigar, the… — William James
Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one. — Charles de Gaulle
My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total, and I am not going to sit here and be an idle… — Barbara Jordan
Painting is something that takes place among the colors, and one has to leave them alone completely, so that they can settle the matter among… — Rainer Maria Rilke
There is sometimes only a very fine line between deliberation and procrastination. — Paul Allen Walker

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