Emily Thornberry

Equal constituencies' sound fair. So why is Labour so against the constituencies bill and why do we call it gerrymandering? Because, like so much Tory rhetoric, it sounds good, but if we look beyond the soundbites it becomes clear that it covers policies that promote narrow sectional interests.

British Politician

Robert Toombs

The instant the Government was organized, at the very first Congress, the Northern States evinced a general desire and purpose to use it for their own benefit, and to pervert its powers for sectional advantage, and they have steadily pursued that policy to this day.

American Politician

David Blunkett

We must draw on our early roots and remind people why the Labour party was created and who it sought to represent. We have never been a sectional party promoting self-interest, but instead a force for engaging self-reliance and self-determination.

Dominic Grieve

No amount of extra civil servants recruited to deliver Brexit will make up for a lack of rational debate or for political judgments distorted by a desire to sound tough in order to appeal to narrow sectional interests.

Jeannette Rankin

It will be hard to convince people that their welfare is safe in the hands of a federal government when they feel themselves the victims of unjust sectional discrimination.

John Steinbeck

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.

American Author

Muhammad Iqbal

Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions... Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity.

Pakistani Poet

Franklin D. Roosevelt

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.

American President

Use 'sectional' when emphasizing a distinct part within a broader entity.

Larger Whole Context

'Sectional' can refer to conceptual divisions as well as physical ones.

Not Always Physical

In discussions, 'sectional' indicates a detailed look at individual parts.

Detailed Examination

Indicates a preference or bias toward a particular section or group.

Bias Implication

Often used to describe geographical or regional bias.

Geographical Usage

Recognizing 'sectional' helps identify where interests may be narrowly focused.

Understanding Bias

Used to describe furniture that can be changed or rearranged.

Interior Design Specific

'Sectional' furniture offers flexibility in arrangement and usage.

Flexibility

Suggests the possibility of personal customization for a specific area.

Customizable Layout

 when he and his sons hacked to death five pro-slavery farmers with broad swords. In the end, more than 50 people died in Bleeding Kansas. While nominally still a national party, Douglas's Democrats were increasingly divided along sectional lines,

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