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• In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong.

  Ed Balls

  Strong, Party, Gold

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• The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that is to bring consensus to big issues in this country.

  Tom Coburn

  Country, Thoughtful, Issues

  "Rescue Effort in Chile; Next Steps for Health Care; Storm Brings Misery to Europe". "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. March 1, 2010.

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• I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy.

  Joe Lieberman

  Leadership, Consensus Building, Democracy

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• Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage.

  Judy Davis

  Father, Pride, Gay

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• I've got billions of sparrows to worry about as well as everything else'. So there's the whole idea that whatever it is that you believe, it can never be valid unless you have some consensus reality demonstration.

  Todd Rundgren

  Believe, Reality, Ideas

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Consensus negates leadership.

  Margaret Thatcher

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• Consensus is a poor substitute for leadership.

  Charlotte Beers

  Poor, Substitutes

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• There was a time when everyone thought that Earth was flat. Did this unanimous consensus make any difference to the shape of Earth?

  Ali Sina

  Differences, Earth, Shapes

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• The art consensus is not criteria, it is convenience.

  Walter Darby Bannard

  Art, Culture, Criteria

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• Human consensus does not generate reality. Were it able to do so, the Sun would have taken to orbiting the Earth some time ago.

  Ursula Goodenough

  Taken, Reality, Doe

  "A Setback to the Dialogue: Response to Huston Smith". Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, Vol. 36, Issue 2, p. 201, June 2001.

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• I've never done anything for the common consensus. I do things to please me. If you are happy with something yourself, you become bulletproof.

  Ricky Gervais

  Please Me, Done, Common

  Interview with Alex Fletcher, www.digitalspy.com. April 15, 2010.

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

  Joseph C. Rost

  Responsibility, People, Community

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• Finally, I would remind you to notice where the claim of consensus is invoked. Consensus is invoked only in situations where the science is not solid enough. Nobody says the consensus of scientists agrees that E=mc2. Nobody says the consensus is that the sun is 93 million miles away. It would never occur to anyone to speak that way.

  Michael Crichton

  Way, Sun, Global Warming

  "Aliens Cause Global Warming". Lecture by Michael Crichton, January 17, 2003.

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• Of course, we will face fear, experience ridicule, and meet opposition. Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Courage, Principles, Faces

  Thomas S. Monson (1988). “Live the Good Life”, Shadow Mountain

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• Corporate documents, like football game plans, are not easily drafted in a stadium, with thousands of very interested fans participating, each with their own red pencil, trying to reach a consensus on every word.

  Jon Postel

  Football, Games, Trying

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• A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since.

  Charles de Lint

  Real, Umpires, Long

  "The Ivory and the Horn". Book by Charles de Lint, "Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night", 1996.

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• Predators make it much more difficult to find consensus. It's a lot easier to agree about birds and plants than about animals that endanger people and livestock.

  Gale Norton

  Animal, People, Bird

  "The Complete Gale Norton Interview". Interview with Alex Pasquariello, www.hcn.org. May 24, 2004.

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• Consensus is something you have if you cannot have agreement.

  Forbes Burnham

  Agreement, Ifs

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• Reaching consensus in a group is often confused with finding the right answer.

  Norman Mailer

  Confused, Groups, Answers

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• Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromise.

  James Surowiecki

  Diversity, Decision, Independence

  James Surowiecki (2005). “The Wisdom of Crowds”, p.19, Anchor

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• Politicians and some of the scientists like to say that there's a consensus now on global warming or the science has been settled, but you have to ask them, what is there a consensus on? Because it really makes a difference. What are you talking about? The only consensus I`m aware of is that it's warmed in the last century. They completely ignore the fact that there's this thing called the Oregon petition that was signed by 19,000 professionals and scientists who don't agree with the idea that we are causing climate change.

  Roy Spencer

  Talking, Ideas, Oregon

  "Exposed: The Climate of Fear". Interview with Glenn Beck, transcripts.cnn.com. May 2, 2007.

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• Greece is at a crucial crossroads. The choices that are made and the policies that are enforced will have a decisive impact on the wellbeing of Greeks. The way forward will not be easy but the problems can be solved, and will be solved, if there is unity, co-operation and consensus.

  Lucas Papademos

  Way Forward, Impact, Choices

  "Lucas Papademos to lead Greece's interim coalition government" by Helena Smith, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2011.

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• A lot of them complain because they say the word denial puts them in the same bin as holocaust deniers. That's too bad. But the thing is, they do have something in common: a denial of evidence and of scientific consensus.

  Phil Plait

  Holocaust, Complaining, Denial

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• Over the last decade, - economists seemed to share a broad consensus about economic policy, with the old splits between monetarists and Keynesians apparently being settled by events. But the Great Recession of the last two years has changed everything.

  Gavyn Davies

  Years, Two, Events

  "The great economics rift reopens" by Gavyn Davies, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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• There is a growing consensus that Globalization must now be reshaped to reflect values broader than simply the freedom of capital.

  John Sweeney

  Growing, Globalization, Values

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