Quotes About Division

Dictators long ago found out it is easier to unite people in common hatred than common love.

When white Christians refuse to hear cries for justice from black and brown sisters and brothers, it is one more symptom of the racism that has long divided our souls, our congregations, and our nation.

group identity can be fractionated right down to the level of the individual.

After breaking the world into large, undifferentiated pieces, describing the problem(s) that characterize each division, and identifying the appropriate villains, the ism theorist then generates a small number of explanatory principles or forces (which may indeed contribute in some part to the understanding or existence of those abstracted entities).

Dividing one number by another is mere computation ; knowing what to divide by what is mathematics.

Safety warning: never divide by zero unless a licensed mathematician is present.

Los españoles cargaron con la vajilla y las mujeres y destruyeron el Gran Teocali. Destruyeron además la sociedad azteca, que estuvo dividida en las siguientes clases: nobles, sacerdotes, guerreros, mercaderes, macehuales y esclavos; e hicieron una nueva división: vencedores y vencidos, que se conservó, aunque con otros nombres, hasta el tiempo de Porfirio Díaz, en el que estas dos clases sociales se llamaron, respectivamente, 'la gente decente y los pelados'.

Qué distancia separaba a los gobernantes de los gobernados! Algunos de ellos habían sembrado vientos y allí teníamos una muestra de la tempestad

The most radical division that it is possible to make of humanity is that which splits it into two classes of creatures Those who make great demands on themselves, piling up difficulties and duties and those who demand nothing special of themselves, bu

Under the leadership of this President, the state of the union is not strong. We are being pulled apart rather than pulling together. Our democracy is suffering from the choices being made, and yet we are offered the same tired excuses and unrealistic analyses.

From hence, let fierce contending nations knowWhat dire effects from civil discord flow.

when I see kings lying by those who deposed them,... or holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.

Author's note: If the night is 12 parts and the day is six parts, the entire 24 hour day is divided into 18 sections of 80 minutes each.)

The Comma: The office of the Comma is to show the slightest separation which calls for punctuation at all. It should be omitted whenever possible. It is used to mark the least divisions of a sentence.

No one's exploits in the division had glowed more incandescently than those of Douglas MacArthur. He was that rarity, a courageous exhibitionist, a fearless showoff, a man who had done it all and wanted the world to know.

The more divided a society becomes in terms of wealth, the more reluctant the wealthy are to spend money on common needs. The rich don't need to rely on government for parks or education or medical care or personal security.

Snobbishness] is the desire for what divides men and the inability to value what unites them.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

My former home, the monarchy, was a large house with many doors and many rooms for many different kinds of people. This house has been divided, broken up, ruined. I have no business with what is there now. I am used to living in a house, not in cabins.

Von der Humanität durch Nationalität zur Bestialität.

And a Pack divided

From now on, SkyClan is not one of us," Wind Runner showed her teeth. "They do not exist. They must survive alone.

In that narrow segment we would have three infantry divisions, side by side. Right behind them would be another infantry and two armored divisions. Once a hole was broken, the armored divisions would slam through several miles beyond, then turn right toward the sea behind the Germans in that sector in the hope of cutting them off and trapping them. The remainder

Dejando de lado la metáfora, pienso que la filosofía de los antiguos griegos nos atrae hoy porque nunca antes o desde entonces, en ningún lugar del mundo, se ha establecido nada parecido a su altamente avanzado y articulado sistema de conocimiento y especulación sin la fatídica división que nos ha estorbado durante siglos y que ha llegado a hacerse insufrible en nuestros días.