Divided America Quotes

“I hear my father's voice. "Political differences divided what used to be America into The Nationalist States and The Patriot States: Then Nats declared war on the Patriots. Why?"
Olmo answers in an overly enthusiastic tone. "Because they couldn't agree on the division of derritoryes!"
"Territories," corrects Dad.
"That, too," says Olmo cheerfully.”
― Mya Robarts, The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story

“America grows increasingly desperate and violent. Politicians will guarantee to protect you every January 6th from nebulous, rampaging, red-hatted mobs that vow to Make America Great Again.

Many Americans are willing to sacrifice their own family’s needs for those of their politicians and their families. With a defensive budget of almost 817 billion dollars, they were defeated by a mob that was led by a guy with a Water Buffalo hat. I want my money back.

The same politicians, who couldn’t protect themselves from the Buffalo-hatted shaman, now need my support. They are the same politicians giving out gobs of my money, on television, like it’s Halloween and they’ve forgotten to buy a couple trillion fun-sized Snickers bars in case those nice Ukrainian children show up once more. It would be funny if it wasn’t so incredibly sad, and pathetic.”
― Gary Floyd, This Side of Reality: How to survive this war and the next 15 to follow

“In reference to the pandemic/divided America...We hear repeatedly that the events since have revealed that there are two Americas - one rich, one poor; one Black, one white; one red, one blue; one urban, one rural; one educated, one not. Isn't it possible that those same events have also exposed another divide - between those with active, healthy inner lives and those seeking distraction because they don't?”
― Richard Russo, Life and Art: Essays

“More than anything, what I think we're all wondering is whether what we're living through right now is a breakup story. We keep hearing that there are two Americas. If those Americas are going through a divorce, how will our grandchildren tell that story? Will they conclude that it was tragic and preventable? Or will they remember us as ill-matched from the start and conclude that it was only a matter of time before our differences became irreconcilable?”
― Richard Russo, Life and Art: Essays