#factions

My hates have always occupied my mind much more actively and have given greater spiritual satisfactions than my friendships. ↗

— Westbrook Pegler

#always #friendships #given #greater #hates

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 religion. These are things we should put behind us. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#again #because #behind #country #difference

Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you, and what kind of deals they'll offer at the negotiating table. There's also some emotional response in there, so factions do bear grudges. Just like the real thing. ↗

— Mike Simpson

#allies #also #bear #deals #emotional

Factions are a sign of illness in a party. ↗

— Ernest Mandel

#illness #party #sign

I shall give you hunger, and pain, and sleepless nights. Also beauty, and satisfactions known to few, and glimpses of the heavenly life. None of these you shall have continually, and of their coming and going you shall not be foretold. ↗

— Howard Lindsay

#beauty #coming #continually #few #foretold

The most extreme individuals and factions in Islamic countries are now more motivated than ever to kill Americans, and the number of potential terrorists has greatly expanded. ↗

— John Olver

#ever #expanded #extreme #factions #greatly

Americas are, for a variety of reasons, the most adept at producing the kind of entertainment that delivers easy satisfactions. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#americas #delivers #easy #entertainment #kind

All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels and modified by mutual interests. ↗

— George Washington

#government #laws #mutual-interest #obstruction #political-parties

Fear doesn't shut you down, it wakes you up ↗

— Veronica Roth

#factions #hard-life #inspirational #society #inspirational

Senses of humor define people, as factions, deeper rooted than religious or political opinions. When carrying out everyday tasks, opinions are rather easy to set aside, but those whom a person shares a sense of humor with are his closest friends. They are always there to make the biggest influence. ↗

— Criss Jami

#beliefs #best-friends #brain #daily #daily-life