It is not possible to spend on one thing and then not have consequences on something else.

Progress to reduce hunger is being made by tackling both the cause and the consequences of extreme poverty and famine.

Disconnection or alienation from the past has political consequences.

Any president's actions have real consequences in real people's lives.

Bilingualism is a great asset for any individual, but it has perilous consequences for a nation.

If there are no consequences now for breaking the prohibition on chemical weapons, it will be harder to muster an international consensus to ensure that Hezbollah and other terrorist groups are prevented from acquiring or using these weapons themselves.

I saw firsthand the devastating consequences of poaching. I saw elephants with ivory hacked from their faces and the lengths private parks go to protect their precious wildlife.

Don't say things about people that aren't true... because there are consequences for that.

It has always been clear that any use of nuclear weapons would have catastrophic humanitarian consequences.

I'm very interested in the more grass-roots consequences of the economic meltdown: issues related to mortgage foreclosures, debt collection, and the practices of credit card companies and others who hold a lot of consumer debt.

Mob rule is dangerous. Well-intentioned, TV-baited mobs are the most dangerous. They do not consider the consequences of their actions, and they're prone to take a simple-minded, instant-gratification approach to justice rather than a strategic one.

Losing a part of a breast or all of one or both has, obviously, serious psychological consequences.

Mob rule is dangerous. Well-intentioned, TV-baited mobs are the most dangerous. They do not consider the consequences of their actions, and they're prone to take a simple-minded, instant-gratification approach to justice rather than a strategic one.

BP cannot undo a settlement it negotiated and signed just to avoid its consequences.

Given the pervasive secrecy of the Bush-Cheney administration, and the sorry consequences of that disposition, President Barack Obama's early emphasis on openness in government seems almost inevitable.

Losing a part of a breast or all of one or both has, obviously, serious psychological consequences.

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

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.

I follow my desires, and I'm prepared to take the consequences.

Elections have consequences.