Deliberation Quotes

• Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Men, Action, Standing Alone

  Charles de Gaulle (1959). “War Memoirs”

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  When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

  David Hume

  Humility, Passion, Men

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• Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.

  Statius

  Haste, Take Time, Spoil

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• Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Food, Cooking, Bread

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.43, 谷月社

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• It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.

  Barbara Jordan

  Passion, Emotional, Decision

  Statement on the Articles of Impeachment, delivered 25 July 1974, House Judiciary Committee

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• Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.

  Horace

  Moving, Exercise, Effort

  "The Molecular Biology of Cancer: A Bridge from Bench to Bedside". Book by Stella Pelengaris, p. 376, March 5, 2013.

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• Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

  Samuel Johnson

  Life, Long, Too Much

  Samuel Johnson (2014). “The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume I: 1731-1772”, p.273, Princeton University Press

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• Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

  Jesse Jackson

  Political, Soul, Democracy

  "The Question Is Moot!". Interview With Steve Stearns, www.sonicsrising.com. October 12, 2007.

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• Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.

  Confucius

  Time, Reflection, Waste

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• Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Action, Spontaneity, Spontaneous

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1851). “Essays, lectures and orations”, p.148

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• What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Children, Believe, Book

  "It pays to trust your gut" by Daniel Terdiman, www.wired.com. January 7, 2005.

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• Our procedures of deliberation are not ways of finding out independent moral truths but instead ways of "constructing" these truths, in the process of deciding what to do.

  Allen W. Wood

  Independent, Deciding What To Do, Way

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.

  Charles de Gaulle

  History, Action, Function

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• There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the lighting of every cigar, the drinking of every cup, the time of rising and going to bed every day, and the beginning of every bit of work, are subjects of express volitional deliberation.

  William James

  Drinking, Bed, Rising

  William James (2012). “The Principles of Psychology”, p.122, Courier Corporation

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• In art, in taste, in life, in speech, you decide from feeling, and not from reason. If we were obliged to enter into a theoretical deliberation on every occasion before we act, life would be at a stand, and Art would be impracticable.

  William Hazlitt

  Art, Feelings, Would Be

  "Table Talk: Essays On Men And Manners". Book by William Hazlitt. Chapter: "On Genius and Common Sense", 1822.

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• Sloths move at the speed of congressional debate but with greater deliberation and less noise.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Moving, Sloth, Noise

  P. J. O'Rourke (2015). “Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader”, p.421, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to put an end to a deliberation. But for a historian, theres never an end to the past. It can go on and on and on.

  A. B. Yehoshua

  Truth, Past, Judging

  "Sh'ma, Volume 34, Issue 607 - Volume 36, Issue 626". Book edited by J. Jakobovits, 2004.

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• The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision.

  Niklaus Wirth

  Decision, Tree, Problem

  "Software Pioneers: Contributions to Software Engineering: Programme Development by Stepwise Refinement". Book edited by Manfred Broy and‎ Ernst Denert, June 27, 2002.

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• Contrary to the utopian rhetoric of social media enthusiasts, the Internet often makes the jump from deliberation to participation even more difficult, thwarting collective action under the heavy pressure of never-ending internal debate.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Media, Pressure, Action

  "The Digital Dictatorship". www.wsj.com. February 20, 2010.

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• 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.

  Andrew Jackson

  Strong, Hands, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken.

  David Hume

  Men, Stupidity, Arrogance

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• After careful deliberation, I voted today to reauthorize the Patriot Act.

  Jim Gerlach

  Today, Usa Patriot Act, Careful

  Jim Gerlach's Statement on the Reauthorization of the Patriot Act, July 21, 2005.

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• Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so long and so carefully that he literally chokes with thought. It is even questionable whether he ought to be called a suicide, since it is really thought which takes his life. He does not die with deliberation but from deliberation.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Suicide, Suicidal, Long

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• Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages.

  Marcel Proust

  Love, Quality, Literature

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• Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation and active citizenship.

  Don Tapscott

  Democracy, Age, Digital

  "Don Tapscott: Transforming Capitalism Won’t Happen Without Leadership". www.thestar.com. May 17, 2013.

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