Men who find themselves late are never sure. They are all the things the civics books tell us the good citizen should be: partisans but never zealots, respectors of the facts which attend each situation but never benders of those facts, uncomfortable in positions of leadership but rarely unable to turn down a responsibility once it has been offered . . . or thrust upon them. They make the best leaders in a democracy because they are unlikely to fall in love with power.
Quotes about partisans (15 Quotes)
Partisans fight on familiar territory with professed political objectives to conquer power. This is what distinguishes them from terrorists.
Public political opinion is very complex. Some people have long-held, unwavering outlooks other times the 247 news cycle creates immediate reactions. Emotion is clearly a part of this, particularly among strong partisans, though other dimensions like personal values and knowledge come into play.
For Democratic senators this is a vote of conscience, not a chess game, ... That's why Democratic senators are not voting in lockstep, unlike some partisans who cheerlead for anyone the White House picks, even before hearings are held.
If you end up separating yourself from the president of your party, you are going to turn off a certain number of partisans.
None of the circuits involved in conscious reasoning were particularly engaged. Essentially, it appears as if partisans twirl the cognitive kaleidoscope until they get the conclusions they want, and then they get massively reinforced for it, with the elimination of negative emotional states and activation of positive ones.
It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.
The main discomfort in being a middle-of-the-roader is that you get sideswiped by partisans going in both directions.
Osama bin Laden, the person, more likely serves the function of a stand-in. Compare the new terrorists with partisans or conventional terrorists in Israel. These people often fight in a decentralized manner in small, autonomous units, too.
He can mobilize the base, but I'm not sure the base is the problem now, ... Weak Democrats are the problem. Weak partisans, swing voters and ticket-splitters are the problem. These are the voters that are important.
Enthusiastic partisans of the idea of progress are in danger of failing to recognize. . . the immense riches accumulated by the human race. . . . By underrating the achievements of the past, they devalue all those which still remain to be accomplished.
This is doing Feingold a lot more good than you would have thought based on the reaction he got in Congress. Democrats were running like crazy to get away from it. But it's a great strategy for Feingold because it really helps him out in building a base of intense partisans.
I decided to discontinue the court case because I wanted for the country to move ahead. All that we do, we do it in the interest of the country. As I told my partisans at the time, we wanted to move ahead.
People, and particularly people's partisans, can build the controversy up, maybe more than the individuals involved in it themselves.
It appears as if partisans twirl the cognitive kaleidoscope until they get the conclusions they want, and then get massively reinforced for it.