Let me ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. — George Washington Copy Share Image
I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them. — George Washington Copy Share Image
“One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.” — George Washington Copy Share Image
The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise… — George Washington Copy Share Image
[The spirit of party] opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If we mean to support the liberty and independence which has cost us so much blood and treasure to establish, we must… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The States separately have very inadequate ideas of the present danger. Party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To constitute a dispute there must be two parties. To understand it well, both parties and all the circumstances must be fully… — 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
The alternate triumphs of different parties ... make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the state, with particular reference to the founding of them on… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages… — George Washington Copy Share Image
One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.… — George Washington Copy Share Image
However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep… — George Washington Copy Share Image
All combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Let me now warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. The common and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The tribute that is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Much indeed to be regretted, party disputes are now carried to such a length, and truth is so enveloped in mist and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be… — George Washington Copy Share Image
While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions. — George Washington Copy Share Image
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