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First Principles: Nothing Could Be More Ill-Judged Than That Intolerant Spirit, Which Has, At All Times, Characterized Political Parties
“Ambition, avarice, personal animosity, party opposition, and many other motives, not more laudable than these, are apt to operate as well upon those who support as upon those who oppose the right side of a question. Were there not even … Continue reading
First Principles: The Influence of Your Personal Character Moderates the Divisions of Political Parties
“The influence of your personal character moderates the divisions of political parties…” – George Washington (1789)
First Principles: Political Parties May Answer Popular Ends But With the Course of Time Allow Unprincipled Persons To Usurp the Reins of Government
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 … Continue reading
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First Principles: Good Political Leadership Requires the Influence of Personal Character In Moderating Political Divisions
“The influence of your personal character moderates the divisions of political parties…” – George Washington
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 