Political Differences Quotes

• If the book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But, for God's sake, let us freely hear both sides, if we choose.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Book, Politics, Sake

  Thomas Jefferson (2011). “Jefferson on Freedom: Wisdom, Advice, and Hints on Freedom, Democracy, and the American Way”, p.41, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The crucial distinction between systems...was no longer ideological.  The main political difference was between those who did, and those who did not, believe that the citizen could -- or should -- be the property of the state.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Believe, Citizens, Individualism

  Simon Cottee, Thomas Cushman, Christopher Hitchens (2008). “Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left”, p.5168, NYU Press

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• The most damaging forms of intolerance are connected with religious, racial and political differences of opinion.

  Napoleon Hill

  Religious, Opinion, Intolerance

  Napoleon Hill (2012). “Napoleon Hill Collection”, p.94, Penguin

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• Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.

  Mark Udall

  Healthy, Hateful, Debate

  "enator Pushes Bipartisan Seating Chart For State Of The Union" by Wes Barrett, www.foxnews.com. January 12, 2011.

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• We have some real political differences among us, but we all share the same goals: clean air and water, injury free workplaces, safe transportation systems, to name a few of the good things that can come from regulation.

  Fred Thompson

  Real, Air, Names

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• Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.

  Lord Acton

  Principles, Moral, Depends

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• I think [George] Orwell is right. There are certainly moments when political differences appear minor, and someone can claim to be non-political or to want to stay out of the fray, but today is not one of those moments.

  Adam Hochschild

  Thinking, Want, Today

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.

  John McCain

  Matter, Conviction, Consensus

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I believe in the power of great art to transcend geographical boundaries, political differences and even the restrictions of time.

  Armand Hammer

  Art, Believe, Boundaries

  Armand Hammer, Neil Lyndon (1988). “Hammer”, Perigee

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• In the end, no amount of American forces can solve the political differences that lie at the heart of somebody else's civil war.

  Barack Obama

  War, Lying, Heart

  "President Obama Ends American Combat Mission in Iraq, Looks Ahead to Afghanistan". 'Special Report With Bret Baier' with Steve Hayes, Juan Williams, Charles Krauthammer, www.foxnews.com. August 31, 2010.

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• Though the views of members of the House and Senate are as divergent as the people we represent, we bear the responsibility to work through our political differences and get things done. That's our job.

  Martha Roby

  Jobs, Responsibility, Views

  "Bipartisan test awaits new Congress" by Martha Roby, www.politico.com. November 13, 2012.

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• First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat.

  Huston Smith

  Community, Soul, Religion

  Huston Smith (2003). “The Way Things Are: Conversations with Huston Smith on the Spiritual Life”, p.93, Univ of California Press

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• You see, when a nation threatens another nation the people of the latter forget their factionalism, their local antagonisms, their political differences, their suspicions of each other, their religious hostilities, and band together as one unit. Leaders know that, and that is why so many of them whip up wars during periods of national crisis, or when the people become discontented and angry. This is the explanation of all wars, all racial and religious hatreds, all massacres, and all attempts at genocide.

  Taylor Caldwell

  Religious, War, People

  "The Devil's Advocate". Book by Taylor Caldwell, 1952.

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• [We should] set our eyes on the future. The political differences between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan should eventually be solved step by step, and [we] can not let these problems hand on from generation to generation.

  Xi Jinping

  Eye, Hands, Differences

  "Xi Calls for Peaceful Development of Cross-straits Ties". www.chinadaily.com.cn. October 06, 2013.

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• It is important to understand that there are two separate battles taking place in Iraq: there is the political rift between the Sunnis, Shia and the Kurds and there is a foreign extremist group - ISIS - trying to take advantage of the political environment through violence. If the Iraqis can resolve their political differences, it will be far more difficult for ISIS to thrive. Moving forward, we should continue to evaluate additional steps to help combat ISIS as we see what the Iraqis are willing to do politically, but we must also firmly guard against mission creep.

  David Adam Smith

  Military, Moving, Isis

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• Ethnic differences exist; of course they exist on the African continent. They are not necessarily political differences, however. They don't necessarily cause people to kill each other. They become so-called 'tribalism' when they are politicized in a particular framework. And in post-independence Africa they have been politicized largely by sections of the so-called African elite.

  Walter Rodney

  People, Independence, Causes

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