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1->''"Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and no town or [[TropeNamers house divided]] against itself will stand. And if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself; how, then, will his kingdom stand?"''
2-->-- '''[[Literature/TheFourGospels Matthew 12:25]]''', ''Literature/TheBible''
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4->''"Everyone’s in a different situation with a different set of privileges that everyone else wants. Gordon wants Dent’s political cache. Dent wants Gordon’s relationship with Batman. Batman wants Dent’s girl. The grass is always greener on the other side for every character in this movie. The only characters in this movie who don’t want to be someone else are the Joker and Rachel. And so, while they all work together, I think Gordon, Batman and Dent all, to varying degrees, secretly resent each other. The Joker sees these fractures and [[DivideAndConquer exploits them brilliantly]]."''
5-->--'''Chris Sims''', '''Andy Khouri''', and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/batman-1966-review/ on]] ''[[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy The Dark Knight]]''
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7->''"There are two wars going on. The one out there, and the one in here, and we're losing both of them."''
8-->-- '''Captain Janeway''', ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Scorpion, Part Two"
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10->I shifted my weight from one leg to the other and observed the humans around me.\
11Relationships were changing.\
12Loyalties were shifting.\
13There were unspoken animosities and hidden agendas.\
14The decisions were becoming more about emotions than tactics. The resistance was jeopardizing its ability to be effective.\
15I had been told this might happen.
16-->--''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #52: The Sacrifice''
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18->''"What little there is left of the ancient records show that our ancestors set out from Earth. The [[GenerationShip second generation]] divided into two rival factions over how the ship should be run. The difference of opinion became an argument for the third, a feud with the fourth, a war with the fifth generation. A very bitter and bloody war."''
19-->-- '''Tandor''', ''Radio/{{Earthsearch}}''
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21->''"An empire toppled by its enemies can rise again. But one which crumbles from within? That's dead... forever."''
22-->--'''Helmut Zemo''', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''
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24->''"The best thing about the alt-right is that, if you just wait long enough, they'll fall out with each other and then come tell'' you ''why they're shit. You don't even have to criticise them; they'll do it themselves when they realise that they hate each other."''
25-->--'''WebVideo/HBomberguy'''
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27->''"Jaehaerys called the Great Council to prevent a war being fought over his succession. For he knew the cold truth. The only thing that could tear down the House of the Dragon was itself."''
28-->--'''Rhaenyra Targaryen''', ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''
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31->'''Storm:''' How '''dare''' you?! Who do you think you are, Cable, to speak so?!! You know '''nothing''' of us -- not the '''X-Men''', nor '''X-Factor''', nor '''New Mutants''' -- or of the '''dream''' that brought us together!
32->'''Cable:''' Do '''you''', Storm? Do '''any''' of you, anymore? Splintered into a handful of teams -- running all over the map, no focus, less direction, half the time doing your enemies' job '''for''' them.
33-->-- ''[[ComicBook/{{XMenChrisClaremont}} Uncanny X-Men]]'' #273
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35->''"We all claim to be striving to fulfill Xavier's dream of human and mutant coexistence, but all we seem to do is battle other mutants and stick it to the shadows."''
36-->-- '''Havok''', ''ComicBook/XFactor1991'' #149
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38->'''Professor X:''' You '''plotted''' against my X-Men, not once, but many times.
39->'''Sebastian Shaw:''' Yes, I did, And you in your turn waged war on '''me'''. Because even as a mutant safe house, the '''Hellfire Club''' threatened your empire-building. Face it, Charles. We were supposed to be the '''clever''' ones. The visionaries. You. Me. Eric. And all we've ever done is to fight each other until our '''knuckles''' bled.

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