PARTISANSHIP QUOTES III

quotations about partisanship

There's never a perfect bipartisan bill in the eyes of a partisan.

BILL CLINTON

The Economist, December 18, 2010

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It is not the principled partisan, however obnoxious he may seem to his opponents, who degrades our public debate, but the preening, self-styled statesman who elevates compromise to a first principle.

TOM DELAY

CNN, June 9, 2006

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As long as partisanship is communicated openly, as in formally stated endorsements of political candidates or in editorials and commentaries, it is a legitimate way to exercise press freedom and contribute to diversity in the media system.

GIANPIETRO MAZZOLENI

The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication


My fixed principle never to be the tool of any man, nor the partisan of any nation, would forever exclude me from the smiles and favors or courts.

JOHN ADAMS

diary, 1782

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