Journal Prompt #12
In his farewell address, George Washington warned
Americans about the dangers of political parties. He said:
“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.”
In your words, rewrite what Washington is saying. Do you
agree or disagree? Why?
While Pol. Parties can sometimes solve problems, the
only long term effect is taking all power from the
people. They will destroy the democracy that lifted
them to power.