85 Quotes About Tribalism

It is the nature of different tribes to wage war against each other, Party politics is simply a form of tribalism.

In any war, except that for freedom from oppression, victory of any nation, is the defeat of all nations, because each war comes at the cost of lives, in the name of the same old tribal loyalty.

Tribalism is the root of all wars.

When people have tried everything and have discovered that nothing works, they will tend to revert to what they know best—which will often be the tribe, the totem, or the taboo.

I’m afraid most people choose political parties based on the same question they ask about regular parties: Who else is going to be there?

Anyone who has ever found themselves in an angry argument with their political or social circle will know how threatening it feels. For a lot of people, being "right" just isn't worth picking a bitter fight with the people they care about. That's particularly true in a place like Washington, where social circles and professional lives are often organized around people's politics, and the boundaries of what those tribes believe are getting sharper.

Society calls its labels culture, I call them savagery.

To slaughter people, either in mind or in action, in the name of tribe is valor of the stone age, to love a stranger as our own family is valor of a civilized society.

When we loosen the knots of our identity in celebration of humanity, we not only become stronger as a people, but also our own identity expands beyond our wildest imagination.