Quotes About Deliberation

The number one, and probably most important,key to consistently doing what's right is actually quite simple-think before you act.

what were you thinking?

we were considering a wide range of views.

I had found it difficult to choose, at the December meeting, between a quarter-point and a half-point rate cut.

but he was keeping an open mind about whether we needed to act at it. "I'd

We ran through the options.

I knew it was a hard sell, but I wanted the idea to remain under consideration.

didn't seem wise.

What does this mean for human beings? What makes a man virtuous is his capacity to engage in the activities that make him a man, not an animal—man has a telos, too. What is our telos? Our end, according to both Plato and Aristotle, is to reason, judge, and deliberate.

If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.

The capacity to make free choices is not something we either have entirely or not at all. Rather, choices become freer the more they are the result of our own capacity to reflect on and assess facts and arguments.

I truly try to create beauty and reflection and all of that as conscientiously and judiciously and minutely as I can.

But Germany is a reflective power: even as it adapts, a belief in the importance of restraint, deliberation, and peaceful negotiation will continue to guide its interactions with the rest of the world.

every monologue sooner or later becomes a discussion.

another long think. Then she said, "Can

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right amount of time and attention in the problem so you solve it.

"Statesman" gives the impression that every time a major issue comes up, I'll be popping off. And that's not what's going to happen.

Something that I tell myself every morning when I wake up is like: "Think it over, take the time to think it over." I don't like spontaneity, there you go. I'm wary of it.

I'm not the kind of guy who likes to rush things through. I like to take my time and finish when I'm finished.

Casting is a long process for me. I take a lot of time.

Fifth and finally, do nothing impulsively. Give God an opportunity to speak. Until He does, stall for time and concentrate on the first four approaches.

Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good.