18 July 2020

Political Parties: Inevitable and Ugly, But Not Entirely Useless

George Washington, America’s first president, devoted part of his 1796 farewell address to warning against “[t]he alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension.” He feared perpetual war for power between political parties both as “a frightful despotism” in and of itself, and as prelude to … Continue reading Political Parties: Inevitable and Ugly, But Not Entirely Useless → - by Thomas L. Knapp
http://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/15250?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Featured

There’s a Simple Way to End the Gerrymander Wars

On April 21, a majority of Virginia voters said “yes” to a ballot measure allowing the state’s US House districts to be redrawn for the bene...

Follow Me on Twitter