Grave Consequences Quotes

Just how many infants we will put to the sword is not yet clear. There is dickering to do. Those involved will take this disgrace to their graves.

The manner in which intelligence indicators were handled in the Cuba situation may well be the most serious flaw in our intelligence system, and one which, if uncorrected, could lead to the gravest consequences

I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people.

I'm one of these guys who believes you represent the people who sent you to Washington, D.C., not matter what the cost. The cost could be very grave.

It was frightening because it was the first time I had gotten a sense of how serious the problem was. It became clear from his notes that he felt the president himself was involved.

Nearly every grave moral failure begins with a small sin.

The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences.

Where great evils lie on all sides, it is very difficult to follow the best counsel.

...when we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.

You know," he (Tweedledee) added very gravely, "it's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle--to get one's head cut off." pg. 199

Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family.

Self-restraint may be alien to the human temperament, but humanity without restraint will dig its own grave.

Most of the stone a nation hammers goes toward its tomb only. It buries itself alive.

You better be very convinced, very sure, before you pull your plug or someone else's plug, that you know what's on the other side of the gravestone.

It is going to take more than just a couple of good-hearted souls to raise this child. It will take a graveyard.

We all grow on somebody's grave.

One of the thing about being President - that can't be taught, you have to experience, is - there is the sheer weight of decision making. And when I make a decision to send 17,000 young Americans to Afghanistan - you can understand that intellectually. But understanding what that means for those families, for those young people - when you end up sitting at your desk, signing - a condolence letter to one of the family members of a fallen hero - you're reminded each and every day, at every moment, that - the decisions you make count.

Denaturalization consequences may be more grave than consequences that flow from conviction of crime [in the U. S.].

The consequences of decisions don't just affect spreadsheets... They affect, in fundamental ways, the lives of people and they often mean the difference between life and death.