From the new clerk of New York Year­ly Meeting:

If all the world inter­act­ed on the basis of con­sen­sus, the world would be a far bet­ter place. But if all the world func­tioned on the basis of sense of the meet­ing, as Friends do, the world would be a very dif­fer­ent place alto­geth­er. Every­one would have full respon­si­bil­i­ty to find the best way for­ward for everyone. 

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