Kathleen Troia McFarland

We in the West think of peace as society's default position. War is a temporary state of affairs that happens when peace fails. For us, war is something that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. When it is over, win or lose, the warring factions lay down their arms and resume their normal lives.

American Businesswoman

Patti Smith

I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are more sturdy than others... I don't think any one faction can be blamed for a person's self destruction - a certain amount of that has to be innate.

American Musician

Noam Chomsky

In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.

American Activist

Cyril Ramaphosa

We must acknowledge that there are factions in our movements... We should not be telling lies to each other; we should tell the truth to each other with the view that there will be unity.

South African Politician

Yoshihide Suga

My job, as I've said, is to break down sectionalism, vested interests and a fixed mindset of merely following precedents, so that I'm not subjected to the harmful effects of factions.

Japanese Politician

P. J. O'Rourke

The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.

American Comedian

Peter Hitchens

Female politicos mostly represent a rather militant faction.

English Journalist

Bainbridge Colby

We must stifle the voice of hatred and faction.

American Public Servant

Tony Abbott

There are no factions in the Liberal Party.

Australian Politician

Ernest Mandel

Factions are a sign of illness in a party.

Belgian Author

Faction often indicates a subgroup in conflict with the main group's ethos or decisions.

Internal Conflicts

Factions usually form around shared beliefs or interests within a larger group.

Common Interests

The word 'faction' can imply underlying tension or upcoming conflict within a group.

Potential Tension

A faction often represents a smaller number of people within a larger entity causing imbalance.

Minority Opposition

A faction can be a splinter group that breaks away from the main organization.

Splinter Group

In literature, faction blends actual events with invented details or characters.

Fact Meets Fiction

Writing faction often involves research to accurately portray real events or people.

Research Required

 because from it will largely depend whether we can make sure that this doesn't happen again. And that reason is architecture. Architecture in my country has played an important role in creating, directing and amplifying conflict between warring factions, and this is probably true for other countries as well.

How Syria's architecture...

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 who allowed faction and intrigue to rule his court, concerned only with his own pleasure and grandiosity. That grandiosity was part of the king’s role as a model for his people. He was a learned scholar and musician who generously patronized the arts, as well as being an imposing warrior and sportsman.

History vs. Henry VIII -...

 The play strips society down to its basest desires, with each faction in hot pursuit of power- be it over the land, other people, or their own destiny. But Shakespeare knows that power is always a moving target; and as he reveals these characters’ dark histories,

 Second, it requires that society’s many factions seek common ground across those divisions. Finally, liberal democracies rely on the rule of law and the protection of minority rights, as specified in constitutions and legal statutes.

The rise of modern...

 international focus is only on the factions on the ground waging war and destruction conflict like the Syrian conflicts are not just your political events they are very deeply human events and when we only focus on borders and

Reclaiming Syria’s story...

 centralized server structure to strengthen its power to counter the local government and the different factions. So, what's the future? After all, we are the mouse. Whatever the future is, we should fight against the.

Michael Anti: Behind the...

 in support of a particular political faction. Tens of thousands of illegal bars, known as "speakeasies," began serving alcohol. They ranged from dingy basement bars to elaborate dance-halls.

Prohibition: Banning...

 peacekeepers arrived that the violence would finally died down three years later the original militias have split into 14 separate factions controlling different parts of the country but in

Inside a Civil War Most...

 more than a thousand baboons can overnight here and a rival faction is