Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences of humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made. – Pope Benedict XVI
The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences. – George Soros
Sooner or later, jihadist-style terror and WMD are going to come together and the consequences could be horrendous. – Noam Chomsky
Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth. – Dana Rohrabacher
Did I want Britain to remain in the E.U.? Yes. Did I fear the consequences if we quit? Yes. Did I argue passionately for that during the referendum? Absolutely I did. – George Osborne
Nuclear weapons and TV have simply intensified the consequences of our tendencies, upped the stakes. – David Foster Wallace
The reason I am so negative about the Federal Reserve’s policies is that they only target core inflation and argue that they can’t identify bubbles, but when each bubble bursts, they flood the system with liquidity that brings about unintended consequences. – Marc Faber
There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences. – P. J. O’Rourke
All science is based on models, and every scientific model comprises three distinct stages: statement of well-defined hypotheses; deduction of all the consequences of these hypotheses, and nothing but these consequences; confrontation of these consequences with observed data. – Maurice Allais
It’s a mistake to dwell too much on the consequences of a piece of work that you’re making. – Max Irons
History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all. – Jeff Vandermeer
Greed can’t again lead the way. We’ve taken that route before with terrible consequences for this nation and its people. – Johanna Siguroardottir
Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of spending will have economic consequences, including new taxes being imposed by the new progressives. – Karl Rove
All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations. – Lawrence Lessig
Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying. – Lady Starlight
Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived? – Joseph Butler
The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium – that is, of any extension of ourselves – result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology. – Marshall McLuhan
Third, we will make trade work for America by forging new trade agreements. And when nations cheat in trade, there will be unmistakable consequences. – Mitt Romney
He who feels compelled to consider the consequences of these facts cannot but realize that the specific sensibility of nerves for certain impressions is not enough, since all nerves are sensitive to the same cause but react to the same cause in different ways. – Johannes P. Muller
It is not possible to spend on one thing and then not have consequences on something else. – Johann Lamont
Anonymity is a universal convention of the blogosphere, and the wicked expedience is that you can speak without consequences. – Lee Siegel
