Societies held together by fear and repression may offer the illusion of stability for a time, but they are built upon fault lines that will eventually tear asunder.

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Everybody said there would be a schism last year, that the party would tear itself asunder and it didn't.

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We share a common interest in resolving conflicts that prolong human suffering and threaten to tear whole regions asunder.

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