Sichot HaRan Chapter 94
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דַּע, כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ שָׁלוֹם בְּעִיר, הוּא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאֵין בַּר דַּעַת בָּעִיר הַזֹּאת.
When there is peace in a city, it is because there is no one there with intelligence.
כִּי 'אִם אֵין דַּעַת – הַבְדָּלָה מִנַּיִן?'.
We are taught, “If there is no knowledge, how can there be distinction?” (Yerushalmi, Berakhot 39b).
אֲבָל כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ בַּר דַּעַת בָּעִיר, אֲזַי יֵשׁ הַבְדָּלָה, דְּהַיְנוּ שֶׁיֵּשׁ אֲנָשִׁים שֶׁנּוֹטִים לְהַבַּר דַּעַת וּדְבֵקִים בּוֹ, וְיֵשׁ אֲנָשִׁים שֶׁחוֹלְקִים עָלָיו.
When a city possesses a truly intelligent person, then there is distinction and division. There are some who follow this person and others who oppose him.