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Tim H
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Tim H asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

What do you think of this George Washington quote?

It seems exactly like what is happening today. He saw the dangers of political parties in America. Almost his entire farewell address revolved around the evils of political parties. Please take the time to read the entire address.

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.as...

"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty"

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Washington is a genius.

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