Quotes by Consensus Building President Obama has earned my vote on the basis of his excellent judicial appointments, his consensus-building foreign policy and the improvements he has brought about in the disastrous economy he inherited. Alan Dershowitz consensus-building improvement president I don't think consensus-building politics is what I'm meant to be doing. Christopher Hitchens consensus-building meant-to-be thinking That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well. Harri Holkeri consensus-building tables ideas I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy. Joe Lieberman consensus-building democracy leadership