Quotes About Deliberation

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Thinking is not to agree or disagree. That's voting.

Not even a suicide these days does away with himself in desperation but deliberates on this step so long and so sensibly that he is strangled by calculation, making it a moot point whether or not he can really be called a suicide, inasmuch as it was in fact the deliberating that took his life. A premeditated suicide he was not, but rather a suicide by means of premeditation.

I'm wading in, but I'm not ready to fully immerse myself yet.

Her nose was perfect; her lips exquisite. Like a master placing a go stone on the board after long deliberation, he placed the details of her beauty one by one in the misty dark and drew back to savour them.

There is no law against delaying action to weigh it in thought.

I would say act like a man of thought and think like a man of action.

could become occasionally tyrannical, and that democratic liberty would falter if citizens ceased to be engaged. But he also had faith that a virtuous and engaged citizenry—grounded in small communities—could, through deliberation, achieve a good in common that they could not know alone.

Now, Master Fowl, let's talk, shall we?

In every situation, consider what precedes it and what may follow—then act. If you act rashly, without regard to consequences, you may defeat your purposes.

Las decisiones sobre asuntosimportantes no las debe tomar una sola persona. Deben discutirse entre muchas.

He felt as if he were a character in Henry James; he began to suspect he was to be that man to whom nothing whatsoever was to happen.

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.

Having grown up as a young Army officer in the Vietnam era, I had an instinctual sort of notion that you have to look very carefully and weigh very carefully what anyone says.

Democratic debate must never end.

I believe in reasoned debate.

If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates.

I have always been slow to sign films, ever since my debut.

But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it.

To make a good decision, you actually need to think about it, the contours and the consequences.

Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice.

You don't want to make big decisions in a rush.

After much deliberation I have made the decision to retire from playing international football.

Daily Law: Instead of merely reacting, step back and look at the wider context. Consider the ramifications of any action you take. Realize that is often better to do nothing, to not react, to let time go by and see what it reveals.