execution of the laws, all combinations and
associations
, under whatever plausible
character... are destructive of this fundamental
principle
, and of fatal tendency. They serve to
organize
faction, to give it an artificial and
extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the
delegated will of the nation the will of a party,
often a
small but artful and enterprising minority
of the
community."
- from the "Farewell Address" of George
Washington, 1796
Based on this excerpt from his "Farewell
Address," George Washington would have
been unlikely to support which of these?
A
the principle of
Federalism
B
the system of Checks and
Balances
C
making alliances with
foreign governments
D
political parties forming in
the United States