Quote by Jossey-Bass

“Consensus is horrible. I mean, if everyone really agrees on something and consensus comes about quickly and naturally, well that’s terrific. But that isn’t…

— Jossey-Bass

“If the breadth of perspectives is wide enough to represent the fullest range of views, consensus is unlikely. If consensus is swiftly achieved, it…

— Ron Suskind

Consensus isn't just about agreement. It's about changing things around: You get a proposal, you work something out, people foresee problems, you do creative…

— David Graeber

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

— Abba Eban

“Common consensus is not thought but wishful thinking.”

— Ernst Pawel

“Dialogue is always more important than consensus.”

— Dan Brown

Consensus is something you have if you cannot have agreement.

— Forbes Burnham

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one…

— Margaret Thatcher

Consensus is usually made possible by vague language and shallow commitments.

— Mason Cooley

“When you identify as part of a group, your opinions tend to be biased toward the group consensus.”

— Scott Adams

If facts, logic, and scientific procedures are all just arbitrarily "socially constructed" notions, then all that is left is consensus--more specifically peer consensus, the…

— Thomas Sowell

“consensus fallacy—the idea that if many people believe something, some position, or some ideology, it must be true. Consensus”

— MJ DeMarco