Factions Quote by Mary Douglas

The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

When fringe groups gather, there is power in that.

— Ben Hopkins

“It is compromise that prevents each set of reformers from crushing the group at the other end of the political spectrum.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“The population of every country is nowadays a collection of diasporas. Every sizable city is now an aggregate of ethnic, religious, and lifestyle enclaves…

— Zygmunt Bauman

Governing is occupying but not interesting, governments are occupying but not interesting.

— Gertrude Stein

“If leadership, ownership, and governance do not share a common passion around the purpose, it will not last. Drift is only one transition—or crisis—away.”

— Becca Spradlin, Lead On Mission

Profound political shifts - events that suddenly split families and friends, cut across social classes, and dramatically rearrange alliances - do not happen every…

— Anne Applebaum

No factions? A world in which no one knows who they are or where they fit? I can't even fathom it. I imagine only…

— Veronica Roth

Succession moments are always dangerous for democracies.

— Jesse Armstrong

For some people, there is no succession plan. They just leave, and there's no getting over it.

— Hugh Hefner

Factions are a sign of illness in a party.

— Ernest Mandel

We must be determined to get rid of factions within the ANC. We must get rid of divisions within the ANC.

— Cyril Ramaphosa