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Top 25 Cass R. Sunstein Quotes (2024 Update)

Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “There is another problem. Echo chambers can lead people to believe in falsehoods, and it may be difficult or impossible to correct them. Falsehoods take a toll. One illustration is the belief that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. As falsehoods go, this one is not the most damaging, but it both reflected and contributed to a politics of suspicion, distrust, and sometimes hatred. A.”

1. “There is another problem. Echo chambers can lead people to believe in falsehoods, and it may be difficult or impossible to correct them. Falsehoods take a toll. One illustration is the belief that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. As falsehoods go, this one is not the most damaging, but it both reflected and contributed to a politics of suspicion, distrust, and sometimes hatred. A.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “If government is to respect people’s autonomy, or to treat them with dignity, it should not deprive them of freedom. It should treat them as adults, rather than children or infants.”

2. “If government is to respect people’s autonomy, or to treat them with dignity, it should not deprive them of freedom. It should treat them as adults, rather than children or infants.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “It might also count as an insult to dignity, and a form of infantilization, if the government constantly reminds people of things that they already know.”

3. “It might also count as an insult to dignity, and a form of infantilization, if the government constantly reminds people of things that they already know.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “They suggest that with respect to facts, partisan differences are much less sharp than they seem – and that political polarization is often an artifact of the survey setting.”

4. “They suggest that with respect to facts, partisan differences are much less sharp than they seem – and that political polarization is often an artifact of the survey setting.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “The multiple failures of top-down design, and the omnipresence of unintended consequences, can be attributed in large part, to the absence of relevant information.”

5. “The multiple failures of top-down design, and the omnipresence of unintended consequences, can be attributed in large part, to the absence of relevant information.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “As Joseph Schumpeter remarked, you cannot fool all of the people all of the time, but you can fool enough of the people for long enough to do irreversible damage.”

6. “As Joseph Schumpeter remarked, you cannot fool all of the people all of the time, but you can fool enough of the people for long enough to do irreversible damage.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “People are moderately more likely to favor approaches that involve reflection and deliberation.”

7. “People are moderately more likely to favor approaches that involve reflection and deliberation.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “Star Wars and Star Trek are good in different ways, and in fairness, you can’t really rank them. But Star Wars is better. “YOUR.”

8. “Star Wars and Star Trek are good in different ways, and in fairness, you can’t really rank them. But Star Wars is better. “YOUR.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “Janis believed that groups are especially likely to suffer from groupthink if they are cohesive, have highly directive leadership, and are insulated from experts.”

9. “Janis believed that groups are especially likely to suffer from groupthink if they are cohesive, have highly directive leadership, and are insulated from experts.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “The American constitutional order is meant to create a deliberative democracy, in which debate and discussion accompany accountability. This is not merely a system of majority rule, through which majorities get to do as they like simply because they are majorities. Reason-giving is central, and a deliberative democracy gives reasons.”

10. “The American constitutional order is meant to create a deliberative democracy, in which debate and discussion accompany accountability. This is not merely a system of majority rule, through which majorities get to do as they like simply because they are majorities. Reason-giving is central, and a deliberative democracy gives reasons.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “Our favorite messengers are sometimes wrong and our least favorite messengers are sometimes right.”

11. “Our favorite messengers are sometimes wrong and our least favorite messengers are sometimes right.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “People are more likely to object to nudges that appeal to unconscious or subconscious processes.”

12. “People are more likely to object to nudges that appeal to unconscious or subconscious processes.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “In the United States both plates and portions have increased dramatically over time. A really good nudge would be to make them smaller.”

13. “In the United States both plates and portions have increased dramatically over time. A really good nudge would be to make them smaller.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “Or consider the fact that after people buy a new car, they often love to read advertisements that speak enthusiastically about the same car that they have just obtained. Those advertisements tend to be comforting because they confirm the wisdom of the decision to purchase that particular car. If you are a member of a particular political party or have strong convictions, you might want support, reinforcement, and ammunition, not criticism.”

14. “Or consider the fact that after people buy a new car, they often love to read advertisements that speak enthusiastically about the same car that they have just obtained. Those advertisements tend to be comforting because they confirm the wisdom of the decision to purchase that particular car. If you are a member of a particular political party or have strong convictions, you might want support, reinforcement, and ammunition, not criticism.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “This conception of representation appears throughout The Federalist Papers. No. 57 urges that: “The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous whilst they continue to hold their public trust.”

15. “This conception of representation appears throughout The Federalist Papers. No. 57 urges that: “The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous whilst they continue to hold their public trust.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “Economists suggest that we should assess the value of decisions in terms of two considerations: the costs of decisions and the costs of errors.”

16. “Economists suggest that we should assess the value of decisions in terms of two considerations: the costs of decisions and the costs of errors.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “We can believe in hierarchy. We can believe the universe was made just for us. Hierarchy and a major sense of entitlement are not insurmountable problems. The problem occurs when we treat those whom we believe lie beneath us as slaves. Religion once sustained human slavery. It was wrong then. When it blindly sanctions the slavery of every nonhuman animal, it is wrong now.”

17. “We can believe in hierarchy. We can believe the universe was made just for us. Hierarchy and a major sense of entitlement are not insurmountable problems. The problem occurs when we treat those whom we believe lie beneath us as slaves. Religion once sustained human slavery. It was wrong then. When it blindly sanctions the slavery of every nonhuman animal, it is wrong now.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “In the long term, Trump, if successful, may be able to replace disloyal appointees with loyal appointees, and may be able to attract loyalists to civil service positions. In the short term, he can threaten to undermine agencies that fail to do his bidding or in any other way pose a threat to his power.”

18. “In the long term, Trump, if successful, may be able to replace disloyal appointees with loyal appointees, and may be able to attract loyalists to civil service positions. In the short term, he can threaten to undermine agencies that fail to do his bidding or in any other way pose a threat to his power.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “You can become radicalized in the sense that you come to believe, firmly, a position that is within the political mainstream – for example, that your preferred political candidate is not just the best but immeasurably better than the alternatives, and that any other choice would be catastrophic.”

19. “You can become radicalized in the sense that you come to believe, firmly, a position that is within the political mainstream – for example, that your preferred political candidate is not just the best but immeasurably better than the alternatives, and that any other choice would be catastrophic.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “By itself, partyism is not the most serious threat to democratic self-government. But if it decreases government’s ability to solve serious problems, then it has concrete and potentially catastrophic consequences for people’s lives. I.”

20. “By itself, partyism is not the most serious threat to democratic self-government. But if it decreases government’s ability to solve serious problems, then it has concrete and potentially catastrophic consequences for people’s lives. I.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “The idea of “great and dangerous offenses” is an excellent shorthand for the views of the ratifiers – at least if we understand such offenses as including egregious abuses or misuses of official authority.”

21. “The idea of “great and dangerous offenses” is an excellent shorthand for the views of the ratifiers – at least if we understand such offenses as including egregious abuses or misuses of official authority.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “Worst of all, we might miss the real opportunities for a thoughtful, other-regarding reconciliation of two critical parts of our human nature: the desire to liberate and enable the individual, and the impetus to protect and serve the collective.”

22. “Worst of all, we might miss the real opportunities for a thoughtful, other-regarding reconciliation of two critical parts of our human nature: the desire to liberate and enable the individual, and the impetus to protect and serve the collective.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “If public opinion cannot express itself through political associations, newspapers, and electoral politics, it will be channeled into mob violence.”

23. “If public opinion cannot express itself through political associations, newspapers, and electoral politics, it will be channeled into mob violence.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “Lawrence Kasdan has this to say about Star Wars: “Force Awakens, New Hope, Empire – these are movies about fulfilling what is inside you. That’s a story that everybody can relate to. Even when you get to be my age, you’re still trying to figure that out. It’s amazing but it’s true. What am I, what am I about, have I fulfilled my potential, and, if not, is there still time? That’s what the Star Wars saga is about.”

24. “Lawrence Kasdan has this to say about Star Wars: “Force Awakens, New Hope, Empire – these are movies about fulfilling what is inside you. That’s a story that everybody can relate to. Even when you get to be my age, you’re still trying to figure that out. It’s amazing but it’s true. What am I, what am I about, have I fulfilled my potential, and, if not, is there still time? That’s what the Star Wars saga is about.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “Do musical preferences predict political inclinations? Not long ago, an official with Pandora said that its predictions about those inclinations, based on zip code as well as musical choices, are between 75 and 80 percent accurate. And with that level of accuracy, it developed an advertising service “that would enable candidates and political organizations to target the majority of its 73 million active monthly Pandora listeners based on its sense of their political leanings.”

25. “Do musical preferences predict political inclinations? Not long ago, an official with Pandora said that its predictions about those inclinations, based on zip code as well as musical choices, are between 75 and 80 percent accurate. And with that level of accuracy, it developed an advertising service “that would enable candidates and political organizations to target the majority of its 73 million active monthly Pandora listeners based on its sense of their political leanings.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “As the lives of their characters develop, they end up on paths that writers could not possibly have foreseen – and hence give the impression of agency, even to their authors. William Blake wrote of his works “tho I call them Mine I know they are not Mine,” and characterized his process of writing as a kind of dictation, “without Premeditation or even against my Will.” Musicians sometimes speak in exactly the same way.”

26. “As the lives of their characters develop, they end up on paths that writers could not possibly have foreseen – and hence give the impression of agency, even to their authors. William Blake wrote of his works “tho I call them Mine I know they are not Mine,” and characterized his process of writing as a kind of dictation, “without Premeditation or even against my Will.” Musicians sometimes speak in exactly the same way.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “We are blind to the fact that what we do to them deprives them of their rights; we do not want to see this because we profit from it, and so we make use of what are really morally irrelevant differences between them and ourselves to justify the difference in treatment.”

27. “We are blind to the fact that what we do to them deprives them of their rights; we do not want to see this because we profit from it, and so we make use of what are really morally irrelevant differences between them and ourselves to justify the difference in treatment.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Quote: “Asked to resolve problems in a language that is not their own, people are less likely to depart from standard accounts of rationality.”

28. “Asked to resolve problems in a language that is not their own, people are less likely to depart from standard accounts of rationality.”

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