Quote by Ronald Hutton

“This lukewarm temper arises partly from the fear of adversaries who have the laws on their side, and partly from the incredulity of mankind,…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

On a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of power, by the majority, trampling on the rights of…

— James Madison

New states were supposed to join the union when they reached a certain population, but in the late 19th century, population mattered a great…

— Heather Cox Richardson

Partisanship particularly increased after the 1994 elections and then the appearance of the first unified Republican government since the 1950s.

— Thomas E. Mann

I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the Constitution.

— Robert Byrd

Politics presents few win-win situations for partisans on either side.

— Michael J. Knowles

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must…

— Alice Walker

“Political parties are on the hunt to search and destroy each other, as though we were involved in some kind of enemy combat, rather…

— John Lewis

Partisanship must end at the waters edge.

— Harry S. Truman

“...there is no such thing as a parttime partisan. Real partisans are partisans always and as long as they live. They put fallen governments…

— Günter Grass

“or he who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“If the parliamentary regime, even in the period of "peaceful", stable development, was a rather crude method of discovering the opinion of the country,…

— Leon Trotsky