" Burke argued that political parties were not, as many people insisted, factions each contending for its own particular advantage, but rather were bodies of men each united by a vision of the common good of the whole nation. Partisanship, he insisted, was not only unavoidable but also beneficial, as it helped to organize politics into camps defined by different priorities about what was best for the country. "

― Yuval Levin , The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left