Quotes about Polarization
Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
I was grateful to see President Obama's victory speech. I was over the moon to see the audience. There were about 60 percent white voters the other 40 percent were African Americans, Asian, Spanish speaking etc. I wept at that spectacle, it told me that the pundits that continue in our country to try to polarize us, to keep us apart, are not succeeding. Americans are waking up not only to the truth, but the truth in each other. Hallelujah!
— Maya Angelou
The world has never been as divided as it is now.
— Paulo Coelho
The more polarized the gender roles, the more violent the society. The less polarized the gender roles, the more peaceful the society.
— Gloria Steinem
The polarization that characterizes so much of American life is risky business in a church congregation, but especially so in a monastic community. The person you're quick to label and dismiss as a racist, a homophobe, a queer, an anti-Semite, a misogynist, a bigoted conservative or bleeding-heart liberal is also a person you're committed to live, work, pray, and dine with for the rest of your life.
— Kathleen Norris
Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
Today it's "us versus them" in America. Politics is little more than blood sport. As a result, our willingness to believe the worst about everyone outside our own bubble is growing, and our ability to solve problems and seize opportunities is shrinking.
— Bill Clinton
I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere carping about something. That didn't happen 20 years ago.
— George H. W. Bush
We're heading into nut country today.
— John F. Kennedy
The world is polarizing over religion. It is getting both more religious and less religious at the same time.
— Timothy Keller