Howard Jacobson

The novel is a thing of irony and ambiguity. That's at the heart of 'J', a world that has stopped arguing with itself. We have to keep our equilibrium of hate, which is argument. But on the Internet, you find a unanimity of response, and in 'J,' there's a fear of that, that discourse becomes a statement of political or ideological belief.

British Novelist

Neal Katyal

There is no doubt that dissents can serve a useful role by explaining when a justice thinks the majority has gone off the deep end. But unanimity also sends its own powerful message - one that might be eclipsed in the headlines by a sensational dissent but could ultimately have a greater impact.

American Lawyer

Yehudi Menuhin

Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.

American Musician

Ben Carson

What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.

American Scientist

Robert Jackson

Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.

American Statesman

J. D. Hayworth

You see, party labels do not ensure unanimity any more than trying to cast the challenge we confront as a people through a partisan prism.

American Politician

Angela Merkel

The majority of decisions in Europe are done by unanimity. That's why it is important to be to have good relations with all parts.

German Statesman

Elliott Abrams

Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.

Marco Rubio

The science is settled; it's not even a consensus, it is a unanimity that human life begins at conception.

Robert Dale Owen

Scottish Politician

Unanimity is used when all members of a group fully agree with a decision.

Group Decision

It implies no opposition or differences among the involved parties.

Total Agreement

Complete agreement is rare, so 'unanimity' often signals a significant moment.

Rare Occurrence

 the less reliable the result becomes. This is called the paradox of unanimity. The key to understanding this apparent paradox is in considering the overall level of uncertainty involved in the type of situation you're dealing with.

Should you trust...

 There is near unanimity that being a long-term thinker -- having perspective, having the ability to think and ask big questions -- is essential to our success. And yet in a separate study,