Barriers Quote by John Dewey

Groups become more extreme and entrenched in their beliefs and polarized from others when members only exchange information that reinforces their views and filter…

— Cass Sunstein

Politicians and leaders who see the media as 'the enemy within' divide society into two clashing cultural camps. Populist demagogues benefit from binary oppositions.

— Elif Safak

The more defensive a society, the more conformist.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“The society with lots of open disagreement and social conflict is the one surging with power in art, science, commerce, constructive social reform, and…

— Greg Forster

We live in a true chaos of contradicting authorities, an age of conformism without community, of proximity without communication.

— Germaine Greer

“The possibility of attaining harmony in communication applies to large collections of people, such as nations, governments, and even to political parties, as well…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

“The degree of unity aspired to in the total society is incompatible with human freedom and the right to disagree. Politics should be the…

— Jonathan Sacks

“When all that binds us is what we believe rather than who we are, changing our mind or challenging the collective ideology is risky.”

— Brené Brown

Wherever you have people, you have factions and disagreements and personality conflicts.

— Jerry B. Jenkins

Yet in a society of conflicting interests the only democratic way in which matters can be improved is through politics, and politics means the…

— Gore Vidal

“Conformity is a problem for many small groups. Members put a higher priority on cohesion than on coming up with a well-reasoned choice. They…

— Anonymous

“Conformity is the enemy of friendship”

— Richard Peck