Tahl Raz

The role of president, as George W. Bush commented in 2000, requires vision, management, and an eye for talent - not so different from that of CEO. But during the first years of Carter's presidency, his Cabinet was anything but businesslike, beset by infighting and meetings that ambled.

American Journalist

Lindy Boggs

But Hale's warning the President about going to Dallas was that there was great infighting among the members of the Democratic party and the Democratic stars in the state and he didn't want the President to become involved in a factional disagreement.

American Politician

Benjamin Todd Jealous

Last century we needed lawyers; this century we need big, broad coalitions. When extremists decide to attack all our communities, they must hope that there will be infighting. But we have stood all for one and one for all. That is how we will win.

American Activist

Nikki Sixx

There's a pattern when tours start - a pattern of infighting, of making up, of breaking up, of addiction. There's a pattern of going to jail. There's a pattern of passion for music.

American Musician

Jo Swinson

I am so glad that as a party the Liberal Democrats are united in our resolve to fight for staying in the EU - it means we don't need to waste time on internal infighting.

British Politician

Ehud Barak

The Syrian rebels, weakened by infighting, have also been victims of the growing rift between the U.S. and its closest Arab allies.

Israeli Statesman

Joe Garcia

Scandals, corruption, partisan infighting - no wonder people have lost faith in Congress. I say enough is enough.

John McDonnell

Political rivalry is one thing but personal smear campaigns scrape the barrel of political infighting.

Infighting suggests destructive conflict disrupting a group's unity. It often weakens the group.

Negative Connotation

Infighting is about verbal or strategic conflict, not physical fights.

Not Physical

Infighting often happens internally and might not be visible to people outside the group.

Hidden from Outsiders

 They may have been friends, but he was a corrupt man who alienated a lot of people. Timur was right to oust him. Afterward, he managed to reunite most of the khanate’s territories and put an end to decades of bloody infighting. Okay, so where are we? I can hardly keep up.

History vs. Tamerlane...

 lots of stars means lots of egos and lots of egos means infighting in a team you could actually have too much talent look at the evidence from soccer teams with a mix of stars and role players actually win more games in World Cup

The best teams have this...

 reformist president who is beholden to a sclerotic and obstructionist legislature so the the infighting has already begun and it's actually a little bit ugly but the fighting has not and in a country