Quotes About Consensus

The moderate people of every party must combine to support the Government which, on the whole, suits every party best.

A community founded upon argument would soon be a community no longer. It would dissolve into its constituent elements.

Our whole political machinery presupposes a people so fundamentally at one that they can safely afford to bicker.

Besides, we say that the Fathers do in many points dissent amongst themselves ; and their General Councils have been oftentimes repugnant one to another. But yet we join with them upon a nearer issue. Where the Fathers do all agree together, we do not dislike them.

We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist.

Reasonable people can reasonably disagree on policy.

The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.

Reconciliation is a national decision that has to be debated and a consensus made among Colombians.

If we had a consensus we wouldn't have to go to a referendum.

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

The past is whatever the records and the memories agree upon.

Comrades, he said, here is a point that must be settled. The wild creatures, such as rats and rabbits–are they our friends or our enemies? Let us put it to the vote. I propose this question to the meeting: Are rats comrades? The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades. There were only four dissentients, the three dogs and the cat, who was afterwards discovered to have voted on both sides.

Always yell with the crowd, that's what I say. It's the only way to be safe.

It did not seem (and please destroy this letter after you have read it) that someone so clownish could disrupt something so noble and time-tested and seemingly strong, something that had been with us literally every day of our lives. We had taken, in other words, a profound gift for granted. Did not know the gift was a fluke, a chimera, a wonderful accidental of consensus and mutual understanding.

Because European countries now resolve differences through negotiation and consensus, there's sometimes an assumption that the entire world functions in the same way. But let us never forget ... beyond Europe's borders, in a world where oppression and violence are very real, liberation is still a moral goal, and freedom and security still need defenders.

I always agree on trivial points,' replied Francis. 'It saves trouble.

Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results.

I believe - I'm not a political expert, but I believe there is a broad consensus, a middle ground if you will, that Democrats and Republicans, business people and workers can agree on, to get this - the economy growing faster, getting people back to work.

Good governance requires working toward common ground. It isn't easy.

A strong working relationship requires every participant to be on the same page.

I don't want to over generalize, but I believe that women are typically drawn to leadership styles that focus on consensus building, effective listening and working in teams. That's certainly been my leadership style, and I think it's been very successful.

We want to see our politicians working together.

We aren't going to agree on everything and there will be other areas where we will be working together.

Now that we have the Senate and the House fully controlled by Republicans, we need to be working together.