Agreeing to a special commission with international approval means recognizing that our plans have to be revised on the fly.

That means recognizing that terrorism is not an enemy in itself, as we thought of the Soviet Union during the cold war.

It means recognizing that we have the ability to change.

This means recognizing that in a strict sense attitudes are indeterminate, or, rather, that their meaning cannot be fully determined.

The banks have been slow to overhaul their finances, in part because doing so means recognizing immense losses.

That means recognizing the political realities, and one of the political realities is what I just described.

That means recognizing that drug abuse has become a massive public health problem.

It means recognizing that government is here to help people, not hurt them.

It also means recognizing that there are differences between marijuana and other drugs.

Finding liability in this case would mean recognizing a new duty of care.