Factions Quotes

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I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in… — Chinua Achebe
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. — John Adams
Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions. — Bertolt Brecht
In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but… — Noam Chomsky
Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign… — Alexander Hamilton
More non-fringe, non-radical homosexuals emerge into public view every day. As the stereotype of the homosexual as antisocial deviant crumbles, a (political) party or faction… — Jonathan Rauch
In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous… — Edmund Burke
It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of the most studious… — Samuel Johnson
It is imperative to contest all factions for complete victory, so the army is not garrisoned and the profit can be total. This is the… — Sun Tzu
In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to… — James Madison
Inference is founded upon obvious reasons. Regard to reputation has a less active influence, when the infamy of a bad action is to be divided… — James Madison
The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according… — James Madison
The disease and its medicine are like two factions in a besieged town; they tear one another to pieces, but both unite against their common… — Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
Englishmen are babes in philosophy and so prefer faction-fighting to the labor of its unfamiliar thought. — William Butler Yeats
I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than… — James Madison
Everything which bars freedom and fullness of communication sets up barriers that divide human beings into sets and cliques, into antagonistic sects and factions, and… — John Dewey
By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated… — James Madison
A pure democracy can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will be felt by a majority, and there… — James Madison
Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it. — Tony Blair
Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence… — James Madison

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