#cons

Consequences are unpitying. ↗

— George Eliot

Business today consists in persuading crowds. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

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I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the English bar; without which, impartial justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence. ↗

— Thomas Erskine

#bar #constitution #dignity #english #ever

Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress. ↗

— Daniel Ellsberg

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The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act expires at the end of this year. Thus, we must act quickly to ensure our constituents continue to receive the services they enjoy. ↗

— Eliot Engel

#constituents #continue #end #enjoy #ensure

I think it's a myth that American public or any other public is so stupid that they need to be constantly pricked. ↗

— Brian Eno

#american public #any #constantly #i #i think

When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That's one of the great feelings - to stop being me for a little while and to become us. That way lies empathy, the great social virtue. ↗

— Brian Eno

#because #become #being #community #consciousness

I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#always #am #bats #brain #dolphins

The type of measure used placed constraints on which statistics can be used. ↗

— Stanley Smith Stevens

#measure #placed #statistics #type #used

I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court. ↗

— Julius Erving

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