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Consensus building doesn't necessarily fit with my experience.

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.

I strongly believe in political activity that has to do with choices - and not consensus that sometimes covers problems and doesn't resolve them.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.

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

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.

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.