"Every fight consists of two parts: (1) the few individuals who are actively engaged at the center and (2) the audienc…"

"The role of conflict in the political system depends, first, on the morale, self-confidence and security of the indiv…"

"The attack on politics, politicians and political parties and the praise of nonpartisanship are significant in terms …"

"The effectiveness of democratic government as an instrument for the socialization of conflict depends on the amplitud…"

"Political conflict is not like a football game, played on a measured field by a fixed number of players in the presen…"

"In the nature of things a political conflict among special interests is never restricted to the groups most immediate…"

"If we are able, therefore, to distinguish between public and private interests and between organized and unorganized …"

"The class bias of associational activity gives meaning to the limited scope of the pressure system, because scope and…"

"The vice of the groupist theory is that it conceals the most significant aspects of the system. The flaw in the plura…"

"I suppose the most important thing I have done in my field is that I have talked longer and harder and more persisten…"