Lenin did state that factionalism was allowed, but only allowed before and during Party Congresses when the different sides needed to win votes.

Liberty, the symbol of Enlightenment ideals was here being overturned by the Hercules symbol ; that of strength and passion for the protection of the Republic against disunity and factionalism.

The triumphalist image that Elizabeth had cultivated towards the end of her reign, against a background of factionalism and military and economic difficulties, was taken at face value and her reputation inflated.

Zahir Shah was able to govern on his own in 1963 and despite the factionalism and political infighting a new constitution was introduced in 1964 which turned Afghanistan into a modern democratic state by introducing free elections, a parliament, civil rights, women's rights and universal suffrage.

The details of his meeting with Kamenev, to whom he confided that Stalin was “ Genghis Khan ” and changed policies to get rid of rivals, were leaked by Trotskyist press and subjected him to accusation of factionalism.

iv, said, " Elder is identical with bishop ; and before the urging of the devil gave rise to factionalism in religion, so much that it was being said among the people, ' I am of Paul, I of Apollos, I of Cephas ', the churches were governed by a joint council of elders.

In order to minimize personal clashes and avoid factionalism there was a convention of procedure which mandated that strong criticisms be circulated beforehand to avoid conflict during actual meetings.

The Whigs suffered greatly from factionalism throughout their existence, as well as weak party loyalty that stood in contrast to the strong party discipline that was the hallmark of a tight Democratic Party organization.

While serving as the War Secretary Taft generally concentrated on major developments, including the Philippines and the Panama Canal, to the detriment of departmental housekeeping problems, including factionalism within the Department, of which Roosevelt was aware.

The party was thus divided in many factions and party life was characterised by factionalism and by the double adherence of members to the party and the factions, often identified with individual leaders.

Former Foreign Minister Chen Yi, angered at a Politburo meeting, said factionalism was going to completely destroy the military, and in turn the party.

Kamenev and, indirectly, Zinoviev, were courted by Bukharin, then at the beginning of his short and ill-fated struggle with Stalin, in the summer of 1928, something that was soon reported to Joseph Stalin and used against Bukharin as proof of his factionalism.

This was soon reported to Stalin and used against Bukharin as proof of his factionalism.

To make matters worse for the Parchamites, the term Parcham was, according to Taraki, a word synonymous with factionalism.

By the late 11th century, the founding elite became obsolete while political partisanship and factionalism at court undermined the marriage strategies of the professional elite, which dissolved as a distinguishable social group and was replaced by a multitude of gentry families.

" Regional factionalism was inevitable in a relatively large territory such as Athens possessed.

Unlike the Liberal Party, there was a long history of ongoing factionalism within this tent.

While other Maritime Republics withered under the strain of factionalism, Venice was renowned for its unity under the Doge.

'" Taylor's solution to the effects of factionalism was to " remove the base from under the stock jobbers, the banks, the paper money party, the tariff-supported manufacturers, and so on ; destroy the system of patronage by which the executive has corrupted the legislature ; bring down the usurped authority of the Supreme Court.

" There was also a great deal of factionalism amongst the Alawite tribes.

This assembly's three-year term was spread out over eleven years and was marked by corruption, factionalism, absences, and endless debate.

Holmes was very popular and his appointment marked the end of a long period of factionalism within the territory.

However, violence on all sides continued, and on 29 November 1791, the Legislative Assembly, which had replaced the National Constituent Assembly, decreed that refractory priests could only exacerbate factionalism and aggravate extremists in the constituent assembly.

Deng emphatically opposed Party factionalism, and his policies aimed to promote unity as the first step to restoring economic productivity.

Moreover, the nation was still haunted by the specter of the ideological factionalism which had characterized Austria's first republic ( cf.

The memories of the factionalism that characterised the First Republic were so strong that even after the ÖVP won an absolute majority in the first postwar election, in 1945, it immediately sought a coalition with the SPÖ.

During that time Alboin turned his attention to Tuscany, but signs of factionalism among his supporters and Alboin's diminishing control over his army increasingly began to manifest themselves.

During the 10th Party Congress ( March 1921 ) Lenin condemned the Workers Opposition, a faction within the Communist Party, for deviating from communism and accused Trotsky of factionalism.

The 10th Party Congress also introduced a ban on factionalism within the Communist Party ; however, what Lenin considered to be ' platforms ', such as the Democratic Centralists and the Workers Opposition, were allowed.

Despite the ban on factionalism, the Workers ' Opposition continued its open agitation against the policies of the Central Committee, and before the 11th Party Congress ( March 1922 ) the Workers ' Opposition made an ill-conceived bid to win support for their position in the Comintern.

Zinoviev, Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership then accused him of factionalism.

At that meeting, the three main conspirators were dubbed the Anti-Party Group, accused of factionalism and complicity in Stalin's crimes.

Frequent internal splits have produced extreme factionalism.

He viewed traditional names as almost always stamping a label of collective identity — varying from gender to nationality — on the individual, thereby existing as prima facie elements of thought processes in the human cultural fabric, that tended to degenerate into stereotyping, factionalism, and discrimination.

Since Arafat's departure, factionalism within the ideologically diverse movement has become more apparent.

His depiction of how members of the council were elected to the senate, for example, aimed to emphasise the way the electoral system prevented factionalism from occurring, instead making sure that “ public benefits are largely extended among the citizens ” rather than narrowly amongst “ one family ”.

Ignoring his suppression of the opposition and continued factionalism within KANU the imposition of one-party rule allowed Mzee (" Old Man ") Kenyatta, who had led the country since independence, claimed he achieved " political stability.

During his reign a number of potential advances and reforms were derailed as a result of factionalism and political infighting.

* On-reservation factionalism destroys stability in tribal decisions.

Firstly, particularly in the Discourses on Livy, Machiavelli is unusual in the positive side he sometimes seems to describe in factionalism in republics.

Politics degenerated into factionalism, and cronyism and intrigue prevailed.

This brought an end to over 2, 000 years of imperial China and began an extended period of instability of warlord factionalism.

The desire for stable rule in a country rife with factionalism led Saddam to pursue both massive repression and the improvement of living standards.