Quotes About Consensus

Mancando le qualità morali di misura precisa, se anche ci fosse l'accordo sul segno, come ci potrebbe essere sulla valutazione?

How have a hundred men who wish for a master the right to vote on behalf of ten who do not? The law of majority voting is itself something established by convention, and presupposes unanimity, on one occasion at least. 6.

La loi de la pluralité des suffrages est elle-même un établissement de convention, et suppose au moins une fois l'unanimité.

si l'opposition des intérêts particuliers a rendu nécessaire l'établissement des sociétés, c'est l'accord de ces mêmes intérêts qui l'a rendu possible.

Each of us puts his person and all his power in common under the supreme direction of the general will, and, in our corporate capacity, we receive each member as an indivisible part of the whole.

All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other.

The essential task of Canadian statesmanship is to discover the terms on which as many as possible of the significant interest groups of our country can be induced to work together in common policy.

In leadership writ large, mutually agreed upon purposes help people achieve consensus, assume responsibility, work for the common good, and build community.

The principle of majority does not work when differences on fundamentals are involved.

That's one of the good things about being from the political centre, you're willing to work with both side of politics.

I will always stand firm to protect the sanctity of marriage. I believe it is important to work with people to find common ground on difficult issues.

The only way things work around here is if everybody wants it to work. If everybody wants it to work, then it has a prayer. Even then, there's no guarantee. But at least it has a prayer.

Lawmakers should focus on building strong coalitions, including across the aisle, as they create, draft, and develop effective legislation.

I think we have got to have a strong economy. Got to have a strong military. We need to have good border security. Almost every American can agree on those things.

I've played lots of strong women in film, in big Hollywood films, and I've sometimes had a hard time in coming to a consensus of what makes a woman strong.

I strongly believe in political activity that has to do with choices - and not consensus that sometimes covers problems and doesn't resolve them.

Anything to make a difference and to seek consensus on an issue is something that I feel strongly about.

The optimum committee has no members.

In order to have a decentralised database, you need to have security. In order to have security, you need to - you need to have incentives.

It's true that most American citizens think of themselves as living in a democratic country. But when was the last time that any Americans actually sat down and came to a collective decision? Maybe if they are ordering pizzas, but basically never.

Experts are people who have the same opinions as other experts.

Four out of Five Dentist think that the Fifth Dentist is an idiot.

The soul and the consensus are one in the same, when the soul leaves the body so does the consensusness.

Whats right isn't always popular and whats popular isn't always right.