Divisive Rhetoric Quotes & Sayings

Oh, Ruth. I wish we had our own words to describe ourselves, to connect us."
Ruth stood up and opened the broiler. "I don't need another label," she sighed. "I just am what I am. I call myself Ruth. My mother is Ruth Anne; my grandmother was Anne. That's who I am. That's where I come from."
I shrugged. "I don't want another label either. I just wish we had words so pretty we'd go out of our way to say them out loud. — Leslie Feinberg

I act and perform in hopes of getting attention and admiration. — Tia Carrere

There is an aesthetics in all things. — Herman Melville

St. Andrews by far is my favorite golf course in the world. It's where the game all started, it's why we have 18 holes instead of 22 and I think the history behind St. Andrews is amazing. There is no other golf course in the world that can say that every great player who has ever played the game has played that golf course. — Tiger Woods

This is the moment I realize I don't love him, that I haven't for a while. That maybe I never did. Because he's right there for the taking: I could kiss him again; I could make him mine. But I don't want him. I want someone else. — Jenny Han

While the White House has condemned anti-Muslim rhetoric as divisive, the administration is also worried such talk will hurt antiterrorism efforts. — Audie Cornish

The level of rhetoric and discourse [in the election season] has been so divisive. I think it is important to remind believers that their identity is in Christ, and that we are called to unity and reconciliation. In my own church there are Republicans, Democrats and Independents. We are wanting to call people to remember that only in Jesus is there ultimate hope. — C. Christopher Smith

Liberals need to take the advice they routinely give to conservatives: that there are consequences to their divisive rhetoric, and that in their attempts to score political points, they are also inciting violence. — Gary Bauer

Having been on tour in countries that are extremely eco-friendly, we automatically end up doing the things that normal people do in other countries. — Kaki King

The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament. — Christian Nestell Bovee

As much as I enjoy seeing other guys do the superhero approach to the Batman universe, personally my own vision falls a bit left of center. — Lee Bermejo

ISIS is a terrorist entity whose barbarities have been condemned by all those who value our common humanity. In the current political climate, when hate crimes are rising and political rhetoric is increasingly divisive, this is all the more shocking. — Jonathan Sacks

There is no necessity for pain-why, then, is the worst pain reserved for those who will not accept its necessity? — Ayn Rand

Love is marked by the inward beauty of Christ in your heart and the way you treat others whether they are in your presence or not. A person who is showing Christ-like Love will not say bad things about others when they are not around. Instead they will seek to encourage them and build them up in the Lord at every opportunity. — Anya VonderLuft

I've always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless, daily but necessary job. — Francois Truffaut

Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.'
William Boot — Evelyn Waugh