Question

Read this quotation from George Washington's address upon leaving office. "The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism." —President George Washington's Farewell Address, 1796

a. What is the BEST summary of this quotation?

Answer 1

The struggle for power by opposing groups for vengeance, occuring naturally in disagreements, repeated in different generations and countries with horrifying results creates a frightful form of government.