 | Bruce Ackerman - History - 2005 - 424 pages
...rising party — as Washington did in disparaging the Republicans in his Farewell Address: Let me . . . warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates... | |
 | Edward Spencer - 2006 - 316 pages
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 | Max Linn - 2006 - 131 pages
...In his Farewell Address to the American people, President George Washington wrote, "Let me now ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party." The spirit of party, said Washington, "serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the... | |
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I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you, in the most solemn manner, against the baneful... 
