In fact, he believed they would destroy democracy.
“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.”
– Farewell Address, Sept. 17, 1796
Image courtesy of Flickr, cliff1066™.
Related posts:
Golf Cart Jump Turns Into World’s Biggest Wedgie [VIDEO]
Instagram: Twitter to Blame for Broken ‘Find Friends’ Feature
10 Food Writers to Follow on Twitter
Warner Bros. Pulls ‘Gangster Squad’ Trailer from Internet After Shootings
A Marketplace for Authentic Designer Fashion
Pigeons to Present: The Evolution of Olympic Communication [INFOGRAPHIC]
Views: 0