David Foster

I am uncompromising to the point of huge dissension in the studio. And it's served me very well. My theory and my philosophy is, 'Compromise breeds mediocrity.' Obviously, you have to pick your battles, and the more success an artist has, the more they want to be involved in their own career, which is not necessarily a good thing.

Canadian Musician

George Washington

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism.

American President

H. G. Wells

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

English Author

Paul Haggis

The worst thing you can do to a filmmaker is to walk out of his film and go, 'That was a nice movie.' But if you can cause people to walk out and then argue about the film on the sidewalk... I think we're all seeking dissension, and we love to affect an audience.

Canadian Director

Thorstein Veblen

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.

American Economist

Antony Blinken

When it comes to sowing doubt about democracy and fueling dissension among Americans, Mr. Putin is eating our lunch.

American Statesman

Ehud Olmert

I always admired the tolerance of my family - you know, that they tolerated my dissension for the family consensus.

Israeli Politician

Jesse Ventura

Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.

American Politician

Samuel E. Morison

Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts.

American Historian

Dissension often starts with a difference of opinion that escalates.

Conflict Source

'Dissension' suggests a serious division within a group, involving emotional conflict.

Negative Emotion

Use 'dissension' when referring to groups or organizations, not individual disputes.

Group Dynamics

 you know, we should go this way avoid some of the technicality of the lower ridge. And Hilaree thought we should go another way. Even just from the get go trying to pick out camp one There was... dissension.