Consensus Quote by Michael Crichton

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

— MJ DeMarco

“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: “The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no…

— Margaret Thatcher

“All forms of consensus are by necessity based on acts of exclusion”

— Chantal Mouffe

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

— Mason Cooley

“Arguing against people who control the terms of debate is a hard task, and in a way exponents of diversity have achieved a tremendous…

— Ed West

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

— Abba Eban

Genius abhors consensus because when consensus is reached, thinking stops. Stop nodding your head.

— Albert Einstein

“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

“What seems to be proved may not be embraced; but what no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does…

— Austin Farrer