“The actions of those in power can have enormous consequences - a price that they themselves almost never have to pay.” ActionPayAuthorityConsequenceEnormous Author:Barack Obama
“The power of administrative bodies to make finding of fact which may be treated as conclusive, if there is evidence both ways, is a power of enormous consequence. An unscrupulous administrator might be tempted to say "Let me find the facts for the people of my country, and I care little who lays down the general principles."” PeopleIfsWayMayLittlesCountryFactsBodyMightCarePrinciplesFindingsEvidenceConsequenceLet MeLaysEnormousTreatedI CareTemptedAdministrativeAdministrators Author:Charles Evans Hughes
“We must recognize that there is no indication that Saddam Hussein has any intention of relenting. So we have an obligation of enormous consequence, an obligation to guarantee that Saddam Hussein cannot ignore the United Nations. He cannot be permitted to go unobserved and unimpeded toward his horrific objective of amassing a stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.” NationsUnitedWeaponsMassConsequenceDestructionIntentionEnormousObligationObjectivesGuaranteesSaddamUnited NationsHusseinIndicationWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionGuarantees ThatHorrific Author:John F. Kerry
“Whenever I write a letter to a family who has lost a loved one in Iraq, or read an email from a constituent who has dropped out of college because her student aid has been cut, I'm reminded that the actions of those in power have enormous consequences--a price that they themselves almost never have to pay.” WritingHas BeensActionLostPayCuttingStudentsCollegeConsequenceLettersIraqAidsEnormousLoved OnesEmailConstituents Book:The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Source: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
“The primary consequence of the computational nature of the universe is that the universe naturally generates complex systems, such as life. Although the basic laws of physics are comparatively simple in form, they give rise, because they are computationally universal, to systems of enormous complexity.” GivingFormLawUniverseSimpleConsequenceUniversalComplexesPhysicsEnormousPrimariesComplexityLaws Of PhysicsComplex Systems Author:Seth Lloyd
“Thinkers are scarce as gold; but he whose thoughts embrace all his subject, and who pursues it uninterruptedly and fearless of consequences, is a diamond of enormous size.” SubjectsConsequenceGoldEmbraceSizeEnormousPursueFearlessThinkerDiamondScarce Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater
“I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property.” WisdomPoliticsEconomyMankindEqualConsciousConsequencePropertyMiseryEnormousInequalityLiberalismDevicesDivisionLegislators Book:The Essential Jefferson Source: The Essential Jefferson
“I think our nation faces enormous challenges, and we need leaders who are willing to tell the truth and do the right thing regardless of the consequences.” ThinkingNeedsFacesNationsChallengesLeaderWillingConsequenceEnormousRight ThingTelling The Truth Author:Ted Cruz
“In an economy, an act, a habit, an institution, or a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects. Of these effects, the first only is immediate; it manifests itself simultaneously with its cause - it is seen. The others unfold in succession - they are not seen. Now this difference is enormous, for it is often true that when the immediate consequence is favorable, the ultimate consequences are fatal, and the converse.” GivingFirstsLawCausesDifferencesEconomyEffectsBirthHabitConsequenceUltimateInstitutionsSeriesInvestingEnormousSuccessionConverses Author:Frederic Bastiat
“Evil grows and bears fruit, which is understandable, because it has logic and probability on its side and also, of course, strength. The resistance of tiny kernels of good, to which no one grants the power of causing far-reaching consequences, is entirely mysterious, however. Such seeming nothingness not only lasts but contains within itself enormous energy which is revealed gradually.” LastsCoursesEvilEnergyGrowsSidesBearsConsequenceLogicFruitTinyEnormousResistanceMysteriousReachingGrantsNothingnessProbabilitySeemingKernel Author:Czeslaw Milosz
“We're dealing with such enormous problems today that we have no other choice but to work together. If Iraq fails, if a religious civil war breaks out and the neighboring states are drawn into this conflict, if the Kurds declare independence and al-Qaida takes over an entire province - that's when the consequences will be dramatic.” IfsWarStatesProblemTodayTogetherChoicesReligiousBreakFailingConflictConsequenceIndependenceIraqEnormousDramaticCivil WarWorking TogetherAlsProvincesBreak OutKurds Author:Zalmay Khalilzad
“There's all kind of evidence that there is enormous corruption in the distribution of that money. For example, they gave about $100 to $150 dollars to each of the teachers. They gave about $500 dollars to those who were getting married. Through this process, they obviously collected a lot of votes, but these monies could not solve the structural problems that these people face. But the only result, the only consequence, was that a big sum from the budget was wasted this way.” PeopleWayKindProblemBigsFacesProcessResultsTeacherExampleMarriedEvidenceConsequenceVoteDollarsCorruptionSolveEnormousAll KindsBudgetsDistributionGetting Married Author:Akbar Ganji
“Look at the history of the printing press, when this was invented what sort of consequences this had. Or industrialization, what sort of consequences that had. Very often, it led to enormous transformational processes within individual societies. And it took awhile until societies learned how to find the right kind of policies to contain this and manage and steer this.” LooksKindIndividualProcessPolicyConsequencePressesEnormousManagePrintingSteersPrinting PressIndustrialization Author:Angela Merkel
“The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock.” WorldCountryLostTermConsequenceTragedyEnormousShockSeptemberSeptember 11th Author:Allen Klein
“The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan.” WantFactsLastsForgetMembersMassConsequenceWhat You WantEnormousPropagandaSlogansWant HimHarpsMein KampfReceptivity Author:Adolf Hitler
“Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences...Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives. That sum total of private behavior has worldwide public consequences of enormous magnitude. There are no completely private choices.” ChoicesIndividualMillionsBehaviorConsequenceEnormousOur SocietyPrivate LifeMagnitude Author:James E. Faust
“They say the chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. The chains you put around yourself now have enormous consequences as you go through life.” LightFeltBusinessBrokenHabitConsequenceHeavyEnormousChainsInspirational Business Author:Warren Buffett