George Washington announced his permanent retreat from the world 220 years ago today. His “Farewell Address,” first ... order — if America proved that political liberty could coexist with ...

In 1796, George Washington struck ... These excised lines from the Farewell Address serve not only as a warning but as a prescient prophecy of the political turmoil and factionalism that would ...

In September of 1796, President George Washington published a remarkable document, his Farewell Address ... Third, Washington hated political parties, even though he belonged to a party ...

George Washington specifically warned against “the baneful effects of the spirit of party” in his farewell address in 1796. Yet no sooner did Washington retire from office than political ...