Any factor that breeds polarization will worsen policy…

Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here…

— Ken Mehlman

“There are not enough purple states. No one votes in primaries, except the most ideological. And big money comes in to support or oppose…

— Evan Bayh

If Greece had gone through a very normal political life, I may have not been in politics. But just the fact that I lived…

— George Papandreou

New York has a tremendous number of people but the quality of its politics is unspeakable. By contrast, in a smaller township, I find…

— Murray Bookchin

“the fundamental problem facing American democracy remains extreme partisan division—one fueled not just by policy differences but by deeper sources of resentment, including racial…

— Steven Levitsky

The 2012 presidential campaign's turn away from the classic, straight-up, American election - where the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide wins -…

— Juan Williams

The rotation of the polarization plane is extraordinarily small in all gases, thus also in sodium vapour.

— Pieter Zeeman

“Polarization is just one of many ways group membership can change an individual. Perhaps the most striking effect of group membership is that it…

— Alexandra Robbins

I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization,…

— Azar Nafisi

There is a considerable polarization taking place here, increasing the gap between rich and poor. It's most dramatic in Third World countries, of course,…

— Noam Chomsky

“See the system. When you find yourself stuck in an oversimplified polarized conflict, a useful first step is to try to become more aware…

— Peter T. Coleman

“When polarization confronts the United States’ Madisonian check-and-balance political system, the result is devastating. – Francis Fukuyama”

— Anonymous

There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization.

— Brad Henry

The depth of the middle class is waning as the polarization of society is in progress.

— Katsuya Okada

My father provided some very important guidance in how we deal with conflict and polarization.

— Bernice King