Theory of the partisan Quotes

“My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics.”

“The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.”

“The country has sorted itself ideologically into the two political parties, and those partisan attachments have hardened in recent years. It will take an extraordinary event and act of leadership to break this partisan divide. I thought 9/11 might provide such an opportunity, but it was not seized.”

“If I love freedom above all else, then any commitment becomes a metaphor, a symbol. This touches on the difference between the forest fleer and the partisan:this distinction is not qualitative but essential in nature. The anarch is closer to Being. The partisan moves within the social or national party structure, the anarch is outside of it. Of course, the anarch cannot elude the party structure, since he lives in society.”

“Let us forget that we are Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, Presbyterians, or Free-thinkers, and remember only that we are men and women. After all, man and woman are the highest possible titles. All other names belittle us, and show that we have, to a certain extent, given up our individuality, and have consented to wear the collar of authority—that we are followers. Throwing away these names, let us examine these questions not as partisans, but as human beings with hopes and fears in common.”

“I live, I am partisan. This is why I hate those who do not take sides; I hate those who are indifferent”

“At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.”

“The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism. ”

“If politics left out the manipulation of money, I would perhaps view it more than a partisan traffic jam that never ends.”