"Ultimately," he added, "my hope is that this election will not therefore be about the small things, will not be about divisiveness, will not be about denigrating, will not be about painting with a broad brush".
Peace said, "Let Him not create man, for he will be full of divisiveness".
It doesn't excuse the divisiveness or foolishness of austerity, but it will be very popular.
Everyday I wake daring to be hopeful that maybe today the rhetoric will change, maybe today there will be a shift away from the politics of divisiveness, fear, selfishness and bigotry.
It will be easy to fall back into the rancor and divisiveness of the previous decade, without a concerted effort to stay connected to our better selves and a larger image of a united America.
Ms Royal will be keen to exploit lingering fears about Mr Sarkozy's divisiveness, however subliminally.
Thai police warned online critics of the military junta on Friday that they will be tracked down if they post political views that could incite divisiveness, the latest reminder about surveillance of social media in post-coup Thailand.
He will be able to pivot away from the rancor and taunting and divisiveness of the health care debate, focus the country on the many upsides of health care reform, and move on to other priorities.
If the divisiveness permitted by today's majority is to be avoided in the short term, it will be avoided only by action of the political branches at the state and national levels.
In Native communities already dealing with many factors that promote divisiveness, group solidarity is an important principle; therefore, a research project that promotes dissension (even inadvertently) will be harmful.
