Deliberation Quotes

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

The framers of the Constitution ... were not at all opposed to citizen participation and self-governance, but they wanted it done in a way that required deliberation. Part of the problem with the initiative process is that it`s not deliberative or informed decision making.

We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities