internal division Quotes

The Arab world is facing its own version of an Iron Curtain, imposed not by external actors but through domestic forces vying for power.

Through unity of action we can be a veritable colossus in support of peace. No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. Every one of us must be guided by this truth.

Let those who once fought against brothers and relatives now rightfully fight against barbarians.

We need a broad government which will make decisions, but not a national unity government, because we are divided from within.

Neurosis is an inner cleavage-the state of being at war with oneself.

One half of her should not be always so much wiser than the other half.

There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner, and that is the Afrikaner himself. It is when the Afrikaner, like a baboonshot in the stomach, pulls out his own intestines. We must guard against that.

The Workers (Communist) Party of America has been for many years an organization of foreign workers not much connected with the political life of the country. Owing to this immigrant exclusiveness two leading groups arose.... For six years an almost uninterrupted struggle for supremacy in the party has been going on between them. The struggle was, in the main, not based on principles ... principles served chiefly to camouflage the struggle for supremacy.

It is notorious that no war between countries elicits as much hate and cruelty as civil war, in which there is no lack of acquaintance between the two warring sides.

I'm so American that I had grandfathers who actually fought a battle against each other.

The opposing party rarely causes so much angst as does one's own.

Domination of Africa [by the West] is not so much because of the foreigners – it is more because of the indigenous forces that were weak and not organized.

There should not be a party within a party.

The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's hatred for a fellow American is far more virulent than any antipathy he can work up against foreigners. Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.

You don't need someone destroying you when your own people are the worst messengers possible. And this is what black people in America have not come to grips with.

Half our membership spends its time keeping the other half in the party.