Party Politics Quotes

“The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries, which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of Public Liberty.”
― George Washington, George Washington's Farewell Address

“The common and continual mischief's [sic] of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and the duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it. It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passion.”
― George Washington, Tesoros de lectura, A Spanish/Reading/Language Arts Program, Grade K, Coleccion Un paso mas: Nivel avanzado Beyond level Leveled Readers, Unit 1 Week ... READING TREASURES)

“These politicians and party members are unforgiving. They put you on a pedestal as long as you help them win. But if you fail, if you are the reason behind their defeat, they will drag you down in no time.”
― Abhaidev, The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit

“We are torn to pieces by parties and animosities. For my part I see no end to them.”
― Anne Somerset, Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion

“Most politicians are more frustrated by the way their own party disappoints them than the way the other party opposes them. They expect opposition from the opposing party. That’s the way it’s supposed to be. Dealing with that opposition is a full-time job, and they expect to have the support of their own party in that eternal struggle. But when their own party turns against them, disagrees with them, or just goes off in another direction, they feel unsupported by their party and sometimes betrayed.”
― Lawrence O'Donnell, Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics

“The problem with creating a political party is that, by the time you finish creating it, you forget why you created it in the first place. Then slogans replace action and manifestos replace motion. So, forget parties and take action to solve the issues of your society. Come together for a common cause, seek out a leader of merit and character, then act together. And when enough regions of a nation have enough non-partisan, acting leaders of merit and character, the entire democracy of that nation is bound to turn meritocratic. Then only will we witness the rise of true democracy - a democracy free from political authoritarianism - a democracy of the people, by the people, for the people.”
― Abhijit Naskar, When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders

“Come together for a common cause, seek out a leader of merit and character, then act together. And when enough regions of a nation have enough non-partisan, acting leaders of merit and character, the entire democracy of that nation is bound to turn meritocratic.”
― Abhijit Naskar, When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders

“If a party stands for nothing but reelection it indeed stands for nothing.”
― William F. Weld

“A political programme can never in reality be more than probably right. We never know all the facts about the present and we can only guess the future. To attach to a party programme--whose highest real claim is to reasonable prudence--a sort of assent which we should reserve for demonstrable theorems, is a kind of intoxication.”
― C. S. Lewis

“Partisans will try to appeal to the notion that political arguments are really about which group is better in order to dismiss criticism of their group. We might think that we can refute criticism by pointing out that 'the other party does the same thing too.' But whether the other party does it too is relevant only if we're arguing about which party is better, not which policies are better.”
― Patricia Roberts-Miller, Demagoguery and Democracy

“I don't fathom the red and blue, You can't make a rainbow with two colors.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Generation Corazon: Nationalism is Terrorism

“Reformation is not a matter of brainless partisanism, it is a matter of nonpartisan and hearty collectivism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth

“Giants in Jeans Sonnet 76

In the old days tribal chiefs used to fool people,
With talks of tribal honor and heritage.
Today's chiefs in suits manipulate modern tribals,
With talks of national security and lineage.
When our ancestors behaved as tribals,
It is acceptable for they didn't know better.
But when we identify as civilized yet act tribal,
It is but a degrading stain upon our honor.
Though all politicians are not savages,
Paradigm of modern politics thrives on division.
So make not the dreadful mistake to think,
That politicians are gonna bring peace and elevation.
It is a world of citizens, citizens are its lifeblood.
You and I are its caretakers, not some elected vanguard.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth

“Politics doesn’t mean affairs of the people, it is but a telenovela of sectarian histrionics.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth

“All political parties are sick, but while some are like the common cold, others are like cancer. We may bear with common cold, but there is no toleration with cancer.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulldozer on Duty

“Religion was the opium for the masses of yesterday, Politics is opium for the masses of today.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Ingan Impossible: Handbook of Hatebusting

“Until partisanism is history there is no tomorrow”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım

“The day a politician acts nonpartisan, is the day politics disappears from earth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament

“Representation is but silent regress.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament

“Democracy that shows no sign of nonpartisanism, is but a petri dish of prejudice most blinding.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament

“Neither law nor party loyalty will elevate the society. All my hope lies upon civilian responsibility.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament

“In the face of reformer civilians, even the politicians themselves will forget which party they belong to, so will their next of kin.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament

“Everybody is a terrorist, till you see the reformist. Bring that reformer out my friend, in its full glory and ferociousness. Once you do, every time a politician or fundamentalist even dreams of doing something inhuman, a voice of caution will strike them from inside - don't you dare, kid - or else, they’ll bring hell down on you - then you’ll have neither the seat, nor the ass to sit on it!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament

“When the civilians remember their responsibility, politicians will forget which party they belong to, so will their next of kin. And at the slightest urge for exploitation, a voice of caution will ring in their head - don't you dare, kid - or else, you’ll have neither the seat nor the ass to sit on it!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

“Contrary to popular belief, politics is not the problem, the real bane of a democratic society is partisanism. Because politics involves interest of the people, whereas partisanism involves interest of the politicians.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“The only civilized politician in the world is the one with no party allegiance.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“Ideologies are a hypocrite's way of begging for attention. Real reformers only care about society, not ideological castration.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Just because some idiots can't comprehend any gender other than man and woman, doesn't mean the transgender people don’t exist, just like, just because some idiots can't comprehend ideas of progress, except in terms of left and right, doesn’t mean the world doesn’t exist beyond red and blue.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Heart Force One: Need No Gun to Defend Society

“If politicians had to live up to the same performance standards as scientists do, there would be no politicians in the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“He was a dog, without a shadow of a doubt. But in human form. The quality of doggishness is an inner quality and can manifest itself just as easily in human as in animal form... He was more likely a bookbinder, a tub-thumber, a rabble-rouser, or a party member: a violent man of dark, explosive passions. There, in the depths of his fervour, in the convulsive bristling of all his fibres, in this frenzied fury, barking wildly at the end of the stick I was pointing at him, he was one hundred per cent dog”
― Bruno Schulz, Nocturnal Apparitions: Essential Stories