Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth.
When it comes to judicial nominations, President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats are fond of reminding Republicans that elections have consequences.
Modern economies rely on debt, which encourages productivity and growth. But that system of credit requires consequences for debtors who default.
Significant consequences can begin very inconsequentially. That's one thing that fascinates me. The other thing that fascinates me is how accident can undermine something that's unfolding, something that might have played out differently otherwise.
There are consequences for just expressing generally conservative views. And if those views take on the more extreme dint, the judgment can be swift.
Responsible choice involves consequences, not the least of which are relinquishments all along our way.
Illegal killings of elephants are being linked to organized crime and the funding of armed militia groups. Many consumers in Asia do not realize that by buying ivory, they are playing a role in the illegal wildlife trade and its serious consequences.
Anonymity is a universal convention of the blogosphere, and the wicked expedience is that you can speak without consequences.
To be clear, geoengineering won't solve global warming. It's not a 'techno-fix.' It would be enormously risky and almost certainly lead to troubling unforeseen consequences.
We have a lot of talented people in this Congress, and we can avoid a lot of unintended consequences if we just included them.
We know that if al Queda or one of these terrorist organizations were to get a weapon of mass destruction from Iraq, that they would have no hesitation about using it to catastrophic consequences; the potential is for hundreds of thousands of casualties.