Quotes About Consensus

Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.

In politics the middle way is none at all.

We must unify Taiwan; we cannot afford to have our society being divided in half.

There has to be a national consensus. We cannot legislate without overwhelming national consensus that religious and communal groups should be totally banned from politics.

We cannot agree on everything but we must agree on the framework.

When I started there was this consensus that you could never clean this up, that the problem is way too big, the ocean is way too rough, the issue of bycatch - 'plastic is too big, plastic is too small.'

What you're going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies are in next season, that's what's on your plate. And I think that's a good thing, because we know, obviously, about food.

I try to please everyone.

I think the danger is to try and please everyone.

Federalism should be a meeting point of all groups.

I think it's really, really important to grow the consensus and to realize that there is always some value that can be shared with another American, on any issue. Starting from those points of common belief and shared values is very, I think, important to forging the consensus that allows these issues to more forward.

I've said I will be CEO as long as my colleagues want me.

It's really, really hard to get in rooms with people you don't usually work with and try to find common ground.

You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.

A leader's job is to find common ground.

It's impossible always to be with the majority in coalition government, especially when it's a very complicated coalition.

In politics, you have to compromise from morning to evening. Democracy is the art of compromise.

Politics is compromise.

If you approach economic policy with the spirit of compromise, you can actually get good support.

My nature is to compromise and get things done for the state.

An election is supposed to be about our whole country - we can't just concentrate on those areas where people, for the most part, already agree with us.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

Consensus doesn't happen by magic... You have to drive to it.