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For each of our actions there are only consequences. -- James Lovelock
The GOP/corporate right-wing, it seems, never really considers the consequences of their actions. -- Steven Weber
I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late. -- Jo Brand
Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions. -- Henry A. Kissinger
It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq. -- Kenneth Clarke
Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action. -- Augustus Hare
It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practising what I preach which is to always accept responsibility, always accept the consequences of your actions. -- David Blunkett
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
In Buddhist teaching, ignorance is considered the fundamental cause of violence - ignorance... about the separation of self and other... about the consequences of our actions. -- Sharon Salzberg
We should not be making near-term decisions with long-term consequences without robustly debating these questions and fully considering the substantial and unpredictable risks of these actions. -- Niki Tsongas
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought. -- Bernard Baruch
Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions. -- Khaled Hosseini
I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions. -- Joyce Brothers
Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions. -- George Tenet
To be a utilitarian means that you judge actions as right or wrong in accordance with whether they have good consequences. So you try to do what will have the best consequences for all of those affected. -- Peter Singer
At the simplest level, economics can better show us the consequences of our actions. Less simple are cases in which we don't have the knowledge to predict the full consequences. Global warming and climate change are examples. -- Edmund Phelps
Absolute faith can blind you to the consequences of the actions you allow. It can tell you it's okay to drop bombs on another country, or that it's okay to hate a group of people such as homosexuals. -- Andrew Denton
As this body of knowledge has evolved, a much more critical job for researchers and scientists has evolved into explaining and educating policy makers and the public to the risks of global warming and the possible consequences of action or of no action. -- John Olver
We now know that we cannot continue to put ever-increasing amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Actions have consequences. In fact, the consequences of past actions are already in the pipeline. Global temperatures are rising. Glaciers are melting. Sea levels are rising. Extreme weather events are multiplying. -- Cary Fowler
Military deployments have never been something to enjoy, but the consequence of the actions, the shared nature of the sacrifices, and the nobility of the cause are invigorating. To be clear, I'm not talking about the killing and the death; rather, the sense of purpose that pervades every action, reaction, and outcome. -- Pete Hegseth
Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions. -- Pliny the Younger
Few actions of consequence in the world have been accomplished without passion. -- Jerold Panas
What our Seventh Generation will have is a consequence of our actions today. -- Winona LaDuke
If actions were always judged by their consequence, we'd spend half our lives making amends. -Luke Skywalker -- James Luceno
Men's actions to futurity appear but as the events to which they are conjoined do give them consequence. -- Joanna Baillie
You must live life with the full knowledge that your actions will remain. We are creatures of consequence. -- Zadie Smith

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