“The common and continual mischief's [sic] of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and the duty of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
[The spirit of party] serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded… — George Washington Copy Share Image
President Bush and his administration have tried to pull the wool over our eyes and distract the public from this possibly illegal… — Ellen Tauscher Copy Share Image
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