Ideological Divisions Quotes
For "Politics makes strange bedfellows," see Charles Dudley Warner
He was providing historical perspective to the 2016 Republican Party split in which nativism and anti-immigration was a major factor.
Few Islamic leaders have publicly made such unequivocal statements about the problem of extremism and fanaticism.
Every sect of Russian communism had an offshoot in America and in other countries as well. When bad blood broke out between sects in Russia, the battle spread to the rest of the world as when Leon Trotsky was assassinated by Stalinists in Mexico and the Trotskyites were viciously and physically attacked here in America. In many cases there was little ideological difference but the split reflected different leadership styles and personalities. Despite Frank’s warning, American communism was a mirror reflection of Russia until Stalin negotiated the WWII pact with Hitler, when anti-Stalin Communists began to be active, and because America was a more open society, American communists were ahead of their Russian comrades in denouncing Stalinism.
