The Danger of Factions: Nothing New Under the Sun
A “frightful despotism,” would be the result of an “alternate domination of one faction over another,” warned George Washington. He was joined – with similar warnings – by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Thomas Jefferson and many others....
A Warning on Factions: From Cato to Washington
In his farewell address of Sept 19, 1796 George Washington warned about the dangers of political factions. “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...