“Every individual who participated in the redistricting process knew that incumbency protection was a critical factor in producing the bizarre lines. ... Many of the oddest twists and turns of the Texas districts would never have been created if the Legislature had not been so intent on protecting party and incumbents.” IfsHas BeensPoliticalTurnsPoliticsIndividualProcessLinesPartyCriticalProtectionFactorsTexasBizarreTwistsLegislatureIncumbentsTwists And TurnsRedistrictingIncumbency Author:John Paul Stevens
“Bismarck had cunningly taught the parties not to aim at national appeal but to represent interests. They remained class or sectional pressure-groups under the Republic. This was fatal, for it made the party system, and with it democratic parliamentarianism, seem a divisive rather than a unifying factor. Worse: it meant the parties never produced a leader who appealed beyond the narrow limits of his own following.” MadeSeemsInterestPartyLeaderClassGroupsTaughtLimitsPressureAimDemocraticFollowingFactorsAppealsRepublicUnifyingPressure GroupsBismarck Author:Paul Johnson
“Monarchies are above political parties. Sometimes political parties do things that are to the disadvantage of the country because they want to beat the other party. In Iran, where we have different religions and ethnic groups, it was a unifying factor.” WantDifferentCountrySometimesPoliticalPartyGroupsBeatsFactorsIranPolitical PartiesMonarchyDisadvantagesUnifyingEthnic GroupsDifferent Religions Author:Farah Diba