Thanks to TV […], you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a
conservative.
—Kurt Vonnegut, 2004
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People are so conditioned to take sides that a balanced analysis looks to them like hatred.
—Scott Adams, 2005
In politics […] a community of hatred is almost always the foundation of friendship.
—Alexis de Tocqueville, 1893
There is no stronger bond of friendship than a common enemy.
—Frank Frankfort Moore, 1907
Love, friendship, respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
—Anton Chekhov, 1921
We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because
we hate them.
—Charles Caleb Colton, 1825
Listening to both sides of a story will convince you that there is more to a story than both
sides.
—Frank Tyger, 1975
The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the
gutters.
—Dwight Eisenhower, 1949
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.
—Aneurin Bevan, 1953
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Between two stools one cannot sit, and falls to the ground.
—John Gower, 1390
There is no larger mistake than to try to leap an abyss in two jumps.
—David Lloyd George, 1933
United we stand, divided we fall.
—Aesop
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There are two kinds of fools: one says, ‘This is old, therefore it is good ’; the other says,
‘This is new, therefore it is better’.
—Dean Inge, 1931
30
Note the date. Nowadays, thanks to the Internet, you can only be (in the C. Northcote
Parkinson’s terminology) either an in-law or an outlaw.
31
Possibly based on an earlier joke by Will Rogers.
32
Somebody has noticed that at the current political polarization, this famous old statement seems
instrumental only in bra advertisements.
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conservative.
—Kurt Vonnegut, 2004
30
People are so conditioned to take sides that a balanced analysis looks to them like hatred.
—Scott Adams, 2005
In politics […] a community of hatred is almost always the foundation of friendship.
—Alexis de Tocqueville, 1893
There is no stronger bond of friendship than a common enemy.
—Frank Frankfort Moore, 1907
Love, friendship, respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
—Anton Chekhov, 1921
We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because
we hate them.
—Charles Caleb Colton, 1825
Listening to both sides of a story will convince you that there is more to a story than both
sides.
—Frank Tyger, 1975
The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the
gutters.
—Dwight Eisenhower, 1949
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.
—Aneurin Bevan, 1953
31
Between two stools one cannot sit, and falls to the ground.
—John Gower, 1390
There is no larger mistake than to try to leap an abyss in two jumps.
—David Lloyd George, 1933
United we stand, divided we fall.
—Aesop
32
There are two kinds of fools: one says, ‘This is old, therefore it is good ’; the other says,
‘This is new, therefore it is better’.
—Dean Inge, 1931
30
Note the date. Nowadays, thanks to the Internet, you can only be (in the C. Northcote
Parkinson’s terminology) either an in-law or an outlaw.
31
Possibly based on an earlier joke by Will Rogers.
32
Somebody has noticed that at the current political polarization, this famous old statement seems
instrumental only in bra advertisements.
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