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Philosophers and theologians have argued for centuries over the morality of targeted assassinations - a technique that the Israelis use with some frequency - without ever reaching anything approaching consensus.

~Eric Alterman

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There is universal consensus among experts that the earth's atmosphere is heating up - and that we are responsible for it by putting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. We also know that the consequences of global warming are catastrophic. But how do we make sure that all countries reduce greenhouse gases?

~Eric Maskin

Topics: Also Among Atmosphere Carbon Carbon Dioxide Catastrophic Consensus Consequences Countries Earth Experts Gases Global Global Warming Greenhouse Greenhouse Gases Heating How Know Make Putting Reduce Responsible Sure Universal Up Warming

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To Confucius, harmony was consensus, not conformity. It required loyal opposition.

~Evan Osnos

Topics: Conformity Confucius Consensus Harmony Loyal Opposition Required

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Holiday hiring is only useful if you get the right people, and the consensus among HR professionals is that the most consistent and efficient means of finding good people is to use word of mouth. Namely, this is because focusing on referrals means that only people who are already within your network will apply.

~Fabrizio Moreira

Topics: Among Apply Because Consensus Consistent Efficient Finding Focusing Get Good Good People Hiring Holiday Means Most Mouth Namely Network Only People Professionals Right Right People Use Useful Who Will Within Word You Your

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Sometimes that Dutch consensus approach doesn't move you forward fast enough.

~Frans Van Houten

Topics: Approach Consensus Dutch Enough Fast Forward Move Sometimes You

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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

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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

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The military alone cannot end the conflict in Afghanistan. On that much nearly everyone can agree, offering a rare island of consensus among sides otherwise divided on the question of how and when America's longest-ever war should wind down.

~Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Topics: Afghanistan Agree Alone America Among Cannot Conflict Consensus Divided Down End Everyone How Island Military Much Nearly Offering Otherwise Question Rare Should Sides War Wind

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At a school in Massachusetts where I once worked, we managed early on through consensus. Which sounds wonderful, but it was just a very, very difficult way to sort of manage anything, because convincing everybody to do one particular thing, especially if it was hard, was almost impossible.

~Geoffrey Canada

Topics: Almost Anything Because Consensus Convincing Difficult Early Everybody Hard Impossible Just Manage Massachusetts Once Particular School Sort Sounds Thing Through Very Way Where Which Wonderful Worked

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

~George Papandreou

Topics: Consensus Go Had Referendum

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