In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political… — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
“When polarization confronts the United States’ Madisonian check-and-balance political system, the result is devastating. – Francis Fukuyama” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Democracy requires citizens to see things from one another's point of view, but instead were more and more enclosed in our own… — Eli Pariser Copy Share Image
“There are not enough purple states. No one votes in primaries, except the most ideological. And big money comes in to support… — Evan Bayh Copy Share Image
At the start of his second term, one wonders less about Obama's fitness than his willingness: Why doesn't he do more to… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
With the polarization of points of view around significant political and social issues, sports is a place where people can sort of… — John Skipper Copy Share Image
The world is polarized. The middle class becomes smaller. The polarization makes the difference between rich and the poor big. This is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Our polarization, and the increasing reality that we simply don't know each other, makes it too easy to settle for dislike and… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
If Greece had gone through a very normal political life, I may have not been in politics. But just the fact that… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
The 2012 presidential campaign's turn away from the classic, straight-up, American election - where the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
It's not uncommon for revolutions to stem from a radicalized group just outside the circle of power. That's what the French Revolution… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
A super-legislator body is not what the court was intended to be, When I ponder our country and its greatness, its weakness,… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
“The polarization is such that the conservatives on this side have their prayer meeting and their choir meeting. And the liberals on… — Walter Wink Copy Share Image
The chief deficiency I see in the skeptical movement is its polarization: Us vs. Them - the sense that we have a… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I think that in the future, as more and more money and wealth goes to the 1 per cent, it's going to… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
How many black holes have we been up close and personal with?" Kosta countered. "All sorts of odd things happen near the… — Timothy Zahn Copy Share Image
Labels such as, 'evangelical', 'fundamental', 'charismatic', 'liberal' contribute to polarization and produce a climate of implied or outspoken distrust. Respectful dialogue becomes… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
“Many hesitate to even start an open discussion that could awaken the people, knowing they must be prepared to face online trolls… — E. Ravago Copy Share Image
“the fundamental problem facing American democracy remains extreme partisan division—one fueled not just by policy differences but by deeper sources of resentment,… — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
The founders of the United Nations expected that member nations would behave and vote as individuals after they had weighed the merits… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
One of the big problems in America's economic polarization and shrinkage is that pensions can't be paid. So there are going to… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
The interesting point is that the polarization is not so much among the public, although there's some of that. The polarization on… — Mark Krikorian Copy Share Image
