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To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.

Consensus isn't just about agreement. It's about changing things around: You get a proposal, you work something out, people foresee problems, you do creative synthesis. At the end of it, you come up with something that everyone thinks is okay. Most people like it, and nobody hates it.

Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.

I don't think consensus-building politics is what I'm meant to be doing.

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

Consensus building doesn't necessarily fit with my experience.

You can't forge a new sort of consensus, you can't forge public opinion, by following public opinion.

We are not a monolithic group of individuals, not every single person believes the exact same thing.

A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.