Please help me!!!! Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this speech. In his farewell address, George Washington warns against factions or political parties. He also acknowledges this counterclaim to his position. “There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.”
Which evidence effectively rebuts the counterclaim?
A. “…in governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party…”
B. “It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another…“
C. “This spirit [of party], unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind.”
D. "…in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another."