quotations about partisanship
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
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
Think of it this way: partisanship at least gives our elected officials something to do--and keeping them busy keeps them in the public eye where we can keep an eye on them.
MARK DOUGLAS
Believing Aloud: Reflections on Being Religious in the Public Square
There's never a perfect bipartisan bill in the eyes of a partisan.
BILL CLINTON
The Economist, December 18, 2010