Barack Obama

It's one of the few regrets of my presidency - that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. There's no doubt a president with the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide, and I guarantee I'll keep trying to be better so long as I hold this office.

American President

Sharon Salzberg

As we hone the ability to let go of distraction, to begin again without rancor or judgment, we are deepening forgiveness and compassion for ourselves. And in life, we find we might make a mistake, and more easily begin again, or stray from our chosen course and begin again.

American Author

Stephen Vincent Benet

We cannot afford the creeping paralysis that destroys the effective will of democracy - the paralysis carried by hate and rancor, between class and class, person and person, party and party, as plague is carried through the streets of a town.

American Poet

Joseph P. Bradley

I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor and party hatred are the last serpents which the genius of patriotism can crush.

American Judge

James Nesbitt

I grew up loving women and without misogyny, rancour or prejudice, totally loved and loving. And no matter what has happened since, I don't think I have treated women in my life very badly.

Irish Actor

Loretta Lynch

We must reject the easy impulses of bitterness and rancor and embrace the difficult work, but the important work, the vital work of finding a path forward together.

American Public Servant

Kevin Spacey

Partisan rancour and party politics and ideology have got in the way of compromise - and compromise is the only thing that has ever made politics successful.

American Actor

Riccardo Muti

I have closed that page of my life without rancor. I do not disown any of the work done.

Italian Celebrity

Jose Ortega y Gasset

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

Spanish Philosopher

Johann Lamont

We shall seek debate without division or rancour.

Scottish Politician

Rancour often implies deep emotional pain that's held onto for a long time.

Deep Hurt

Rancour is not a brief or passing annoyance but a lasting bitterness.

Not Quick Anger

Rancour is felt internally and may not always be shown openly.

Internal Feeling

Rancour involves a hostile attitude that may influence one's actions and perceptions.

Hostile Attitude

Rancour can damage relationships if it's held onto and not resolved.

Influences Relationships

 where they could hear each other's viewpoints, free from the possibility of sanction. After the meeting, the ideological disagreements between the groups remained as stark as ever, but the rancor between them significantly dissipated. Now, obviously, this doesn't always happen.