So-obviously-I am not against political parties; if I were, I would be against democracy itself. I am simply against the dictatorship of partisanship… - Václav Havel

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So-obviously-I am not against political parties; if I were, I would be against democracy itself. I am simply against the dictatorship of partisanship. To be more precise, I am against the excessive influence of parties in the system of political power. Where the political system-and thus the state itself-is too dominated by parties, or too dependent on them, the consequences are unfortunate.