George Washington Quotes:
Ocupation: 1st U.S. President
Life: February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799
Birthday: February 22
Death: December 14
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 perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism.
source: United States. President, George Washington, United States (1825). “The speeches, addresses and messages, of the several presidents of the United States, at the openings of Congress and at their respective inaugurations: Also, the Declaration of independence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington's farewell address to his fellow-citizens”, p.104
topic: Country, Revenge, Party, Factions, Partisan Politics, Political Parties, Different Ages, Two Party System
