Adam Ferguson Quote

We are fond of distinctions; we place ourselves in opposition, and quarrel under the denominations of faction and party, without any material subject of controversy.


PART I, SECTION IV. - An Essay on the History of Civil Society (1767)


We are fond of distinctions; we place ourselves in opposition, and quarrel under the denominations of faction and party, without any material subject ...

We are fond of distinctions; we place ourselves in opposition, and quarrel under the denominations of faction and party, without any material subject ...

We are fond of distinctions; we place ourselves in opposition, and quarrel under the denominations of faction and party, without any material subject ...

We are fond of distinctions; we place ourselves in opposition, and quarrel under the denominations of faction and party, without any material subject ...