John Adams Quotes

We are fond of distinctions; we place ourselves in opposition, and quarrel under the denominations of faction and party, without any material subject of controversy.

Neither political party is clean when it comes to tactics that divide our people.

Party divisions, whether on the whole operating for good or evil, are things inseparable from free government.

I think it's probably much easier to do political comedy from a two-party point of view, in that the majority have some sense of what it means to be one or the other.

Too many politicians are shifting the critical themes of our national conversations from a 'big ideas' American Brand Platform to narrowly focused, polarizing sound bites that put party philosophy before what used to be heralded as the common good. These ideas, more often than not, divide us rather than serve to bind us.

The Democrats complain; I choose to compete.

We can't allow ourselves to descend down the rabbit hole of unbridled partisanship for partisan sake.

I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.

Incivility is not the disease. It is the symptom. Partisanship is the disease…. When your highest duty is to your party, the public interest becomes subservient.

If a political party becomes a sectarian party, that is a problem…. Dividing the country along religious lines is just not worth any possible benefit.

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule-- and both commonly succeed, and are right.

Politics is not like a teeter totter. Just because one party goes down, it does not mean that they other party goes up.

The mission of parties is to keep the people divided into factions, that they may be unable to do anything for themselves.

There are some in Congress who would rather see their opponents lose than see their country win. That has got to stop…. They must find a way to put country ahead of party.

We have seen in Washington the worst kind of partisanship, the worst kind of gridlock. There is nothing wrong with our country. There is much wrong with our politics ….

We are fond of distinctions; we place ourselves in opposition, and quarrel under the denominations of faction and party, without any material subject of controversy.

We need less bipartisanship in Congress.

Partisanship is not a symptom of weakness in democracy. It is a symptom of strength.

I have learned, by some experience, that virtue and patriotism, vice and selfishness, are found in all parties, and that they differ less in their motives than in the policies they pursue.

Bigger Than His Party.

These days everything is discussed in terms of political partisan perspective including the weather—especially the weather.

Partisanship has gotten worse and worse.

It is uncomfortable seeing how very divisive politics has become.

A government full of Democrats would rather have you be a Republican, and a government full of Republicans would rather have you be a Democrat, than have you oppose both.

At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.