"The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction"
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"In our factions, we find meaning, we find purpose, we find life."
"I’d rather eat out of a can than be strangled by a faction."
"If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other."
"Old religious factions are volcanoes burnt out."
"Every question that can be answered must beanswered or at least engaged. Illogical thought processes must bechallenged when they arise.Wrong answers must be corrected.Correct answers must be affirmed. —From the Erudite faction manifesto"
"But now I know how large the world is... Well. I suppose I have grown to large out of my faction. As a consequence."