Watching the shameful spectacle in our nation's capital masquerading as a national government, I cannot help but be reminded of George Washington's dire warning about political parties. In his ...

George Washington was first in war, ... [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things to become potent engines, ...

Our Founding Fathers didn’t even want political parties, which they called “factions.” George Washington warned against them ...

In 1796, President George Washington was so distressed by the way America was splitting into two political factions — the Democratic-Republicans led by Thomas Jefferson, and the Federalists of ...

George Washington had something to say that can be applied to the present feeling of division in our ... Washington argued, political parties would be tempted to misrepresent groups to each other ...

In George Washington’s Farewell Address, he warned the public about what political parties may lead to. He pleaded with the people, asking them to remain unified under one country.

George Washington begged us not to. John Adams warned us. ... Washington's advice against political parties was shared by one of his successors, John Adams, who, in 1780, ...

George Washington warned us that this could happen. Our nation’s first president wanted to unite Americans, and he believed political factions and parties were antithetical to that goal. He was ...

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Washington had thoroughly won over one of his most strident political enemies. The party that had once looked to Washington as its standard-bearer ...

George Washington's two elections to the presidency were ... We have an account of a dinner party he hosted in August 1789 during his ... (Political families are much older than the Bushes ...

In 1796, President George Washington was so distressed by the way America was splitting into two political factions — the Democratic-Republicans led by Thomas Jefferson, and the Federalists of ...