#consequence

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Bahrain lies at the epicenter of Gulf security and any violent upheaval in Bahrain would have enormous geopolitical consequences. Global economic stability depends on the uninterrupted export of crude oil from the Gulf to markets around the world - a job that historically has been assigned to the U.S. Fifth Fleet. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

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Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

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It's just like my dream to shoot things with no consequences. ↗

— Amanda Seyfried

#dream #just #like #shoot #things

We seek the truth and will endure the consequences. ↗

— Charles Seymour

#endure #seek #truth #will

Responsible choice involves consequences, not the least of which are relinquishments all along our way. ↗

— Marsha Sinetar

#choice #consequences #involves #least #our

I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences. ↗

— J. Michael Straczynski

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If you write something that gets a bad response, or someone commits candor or is off message, there are often consequences almost immediately when it appears in the paper or a magazine, that somebody gets called into the boss's office. And sometimes it can result in a loss of access for the reporter. ↗

— Ron Suskind

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You know, women are as promiscuous as men and yet, of course, people are inhibited from having an affair or a relationship because the real-world consequences are a drag. ↗

— Lee Child

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But the advice was not taken - Johnstone did emigrate to Canada, and did mortgage his pension; and I fear - though I failed to trace his after history - that he suffered in consequence. ↗

— Hugh Miller

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