Confidence Quote by Dorothea Brande

I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor…

— Joseph P. Bradley

“As the nation divided into Federalists and Republicans, each group called the other the worst name possible: "party". Most Americans feared the idea of…

— R.B. Bernstein

The strife of politics tends to unsettle the calmest understanding, and ulcerate the most benevolent heart. There are no bigotries or absurdities too gross…

— Edwin Percy Whipple

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

— Will Rogers

Nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties.

— Alexander Hamilton

The worst effect of tutelage is that it negates self-discipline, and therefore people suddenly released from it are almost bound to make fools of…

— Suzanne La Follette

In every party there is one person who, through his dotingly credulous enunciation of party principles, incites the other members to defection.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

A number of party... members lack proper discipline, are plagued by individualism, selfishness and opportunism. This gives rise to some individuals' words not matching…

— Nguyen Phu Trong

It's hard to imagine a party that is not corrupted by hatred.

— David Brooks

A party is perpetually corrupted by personality.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct…

— Peter Mandelson