Quotes About Division

Remember how the first world war broke out. It broke out as a result of the desire to redivide the world.

A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me.

You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end.

Peace is defined as harmony among those who are divided. When, therefore, we end the civil war within our nature and cultivate peace within ourselves, we become at peace.

All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.

The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.

Ignorance and its hand-maidens, prejudice, intolerance, suspicion of our fellowman, breed dictators and breed wars.

Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war; only patriots and traitors.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

The greatest curse that can befall a free people, is civil war.

Patriotism is nationalism, and always leads to war.

Words create conceptions and self-conceptions and ultimately nations. They can start and stop wars. They can would and heal. Choosing words carefully is a moral responsibility.

We are divorced, North from South, because we have hated each other so. If we could only separate politely, and not have a horrid fight for divorce.

Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.

Civil war.... What did the words mean? Was there any such thing as "foreign war"? Was not all warfare between men warfare between brothers?

Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.

Polarization affects families and groups of friends. Its a paralyzing situation. A civil war of opinion.

What this brings out is that modern politics cannot be a matter of genuine moral consensus. And it is not. Modern politics is civil war carried on by other means.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

Life has become terribly insecure. It's on the vortex of civil war. It's difficult to know how America will bring it back from the brink and build up good will.

We are proud to say we are racist and hate to see Whites fighting each other. I oppose the Wars.

When war becomes a trade, it benefits, like all other trades, from the division of labour.

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

Peace is the harvest of love as war is the fruit of hate.