It is well enough to say that we shall be consistent, but consistent with what? . . . The origins of the rule? The course and tendency of development? With logic or philosophy? With the fundamental conceptions of jurisprudence? All these loyalties are possible. All have sometimes prevailed.
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The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other.
Larry Wall
The tendency to be rational is the consistent and hence predictable element in human behavior.
David Friedman
A leader has to appear consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.
James Callaghan
Consistent poetry is made of letters. Letters have no idea. Letters as such have no sound, they offer only tonal possibilities, to be valuated by the performer. The consistent poem weighs the value of both letters and groups.
Kurt Schwitters
This quote has also been attributed to Davy Crockett and is consistent with his very-limited-government philosophy.
Barry Goldwater
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