Sunday, November 23, 2008
"a liberal is a man who...
Believe me, nobody's leaving this room! - The Hankster
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GEORGE WASHINGTON on the baneful effects of party: Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party, generally... The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it... It serves always to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.
Online petition - An Open Letter to President Barack Obama from The Independent Movement
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