Definition of Deliberation

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Deliberation

The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council.

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Deliberation Quotations

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
Charles de Gaulle

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.
Andrew Jackson

Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
Ambrose Bierce

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

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
Samuel Johnson

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.
Horace

There is one final point I would like to make this week. As I said on the floor of the House during deliberation of this latest supplemental, hope is something Americans should never lose. Let each of us, both by our words and actions, continue to provide that hope.
Jo Bonner

The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision.
Niklaus Wirth

So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to put an end to a deliberation. But for a historian, there's never an end to the past. It can go on and on and on.
A. B. Yehoshua

After careful deliberation, I voted today to reauthorize the Patriot Act.
Jim Gerlach

Deliberation Translations

deliberation in Latin is consilium, consulatio

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