Voltaire Quotes

Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.

Divisiveness is the only thing that sells today. Comity dies not sell. Civility does not sell.

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Divisiveness is not good for the people.

Only disaster can follow divided counsels and opposing wills.

People are all at sixes and sevens with each other. They're always quarreling. They never somehow resolve anything.

When civil fury first grew high And men fell out they knew not why.

Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.

I mean, you know, this idea that somebody we disagree with on economic or social policy or something we have to turn into some kind of ogre or demon, I think, is a mistake. I mean, it's like telling the American people or half the American people that don't agree with you they're all fools. That's just not true.

My concern is that contention is becoming accepted as a way of life.

Politics, by its nature, emits a lot noise.

But doing what I do, you will never get unanimity of people.

Where destruction is the motive, unity is dangerous.

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

All religions develop, become exclusive, become divisive and quarrelsome.

If you are ignorant, you certainly can get into some interesting arguments.

Just pick a political story at random and read the comments. There is no logic or reason on either side - only hypocrisy and hate.

Hate sells.

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.

I don't even like playing a contentious role.

You don't want to make an enemy of Piers Morgan.

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

Nine out of ten Americans believe that out of ten people, one person will always disagree with the other nine!

I'm very wary of large groups of people getting together and trying to believe the same thing. It never seems to end well, whether it's political or religious or whatever.