Ambitious Quote by George Washington
![“However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government…” quote by George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c02/george-washington-257_ambitious_however-political-parties-may-now-and-th_1625648.jpg)
“However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.”
![“The result of cutting [political power] up into little bits is simply that the man who can sweep the greatest number into one heap will govern the rest... In a pure democracy the ruling men will be the wirepullers and their friends; but they will no more be on an equality with the voters than…” quote by James Fitzjames Stephen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/798/james-fitzjames-stephen-29299_bits_the-result-of-cutting-political-power-up_2424141.jpg)
