Quotes About Consensus

The will of the majority will be respected.

Nobody in their right mind will even attempt or even think of leaving the European Union, because they will understand that it is not in their best interest.

In winning companies, everybody pulls in the same direction.

We've been married for 60 years. We don't buy anything anymore without being on the same page.

It's always best when everyone in the group is on the same page.

It's nice to have worked with someone for so long that you're always on the same page.

Even though there's only two guys in the band, when both of us are on the same page about something, you can't really change our minds.

The doctors, whether based in Brussels or Paris, draw the same conclusions and write the same prescriptions.

Ultimately, any government is one which enjoys the majority of support of members of Parliament to carry out a policy.

However, I believe that it would be difficult to have legitimate scientists agree to participate.

But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that.

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

A minority government can't govern without support from other parties.

This isn't a Republican issue. This isn't a Democrat issue. This is something that both parties and people around the country have agreed to. They don't want Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States.

There's no such thing as a partisan base.

Partisan politics is not my passion.

There are no factions in the Liberal Party.

Bills ought to be passed with deliberation by committees. Change should be achieved in a bipartisan manner. Incrementally, day by day, we should reach a consensus - not perfect, by any means - but something that we can be proud of, nonetheless.

Endeavour to come to an agreement on such or such a question and then return not with a law in your pocket, but with a proposition of agreement which we may or may not accept.

Open source is characteristically about herd behavior and local hill climbing. There is such a thing as the wisdom of crowds, but it is an inherently conservative wisdom. A crowd can tread a meandering cowpath into a highway. What it will never do, however, is decide to dig a tunnel through the mountain to shorten the path, or to leave the mountain altogether for a better one. THE

the group needs to readily accept the choices and the direction of the dominant members.

Evil does not exist in isolation. It is a product of amorality by consensus.

To be a writer is a monstrously arrogant act. It presumes that you should be listened to for pages on end... But there is much in the culture to clip the wings of arrogance, mute assertion, and encourage speedy consensus.

Unity is vital for any party to win.