And our first president, George Washington, dedicated his Farewell Address to warn us of the perils of partisanship. He observed that:
The Spirit of Party…exists under different shapes in all governments …but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy. The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension …is itself a frightful despotism. It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another.
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