Managing dissent is about recognizing the value of disagreement, discord and difference.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Discussion in America means dissent.
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
Well, dissent is the tradition in America, and I've been on the side of dissent a good bit of my career, particularly in the last many years of the Republican Congress.
It's not simply to say, 'My colleagues are wrong, and I would do it this way,' but the greatest dissents do become court opinions.
Disagreement is something normal.
I like disagreement because it forces both sides to question their own opinions and why they feel that way.
I am totally down with disagreement. I don't like Haterade, but disagreement is wonderful. When someone disagrees, we try to reach common ground. That's good.
A good, hard-hitting dissent keeps you honest.
I love disagreements. I love the democratic process. If I'm in a room where everybody agrees, I start to nod off.
It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement.