I look for the consensus because the consensus drives the policy into new places.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.
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.
I strongly believe in political activity that has to do with choices - and not consensus that sometimes covers problems and doesn't resolve them.
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.
If we had a consensus we wouldn't have to go to a referendum.
A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
There is no consensus, there is no homogeneity, there is no truth.
I don't think consensus-building politics is what I'm meant to be doing.
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.