Although Washington’s Farewell Address was written 221 years ago, Washington’s words of wisdom stay timeless. Washington laid out valued advice, and even though Washington gave this advice long ago many of it still shows up into today’s events. I believe Washington’s advice should be followed with dignity. $19,943,535,767,897. Most people wouldn’t have even read that whole number, but it doesn’t matter very much because even though I only typed that about 30 seconds ago, it has gone up about 5 million dollars. That is our country's amount of debt. Washington said, “As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible, avoiding occasions of expense…” Our
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Washington once said, “However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.” What he’s saying is political parties divide the government, in the end leading to arguments and overall dysfunctional relationships. One example today would be Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. If you’ve ever watched the news you know that the relationship creates lies and propaganda. Although not all relationships between the two parties are estranged, often times they don’t get along. After all these years, the advice he gave should be looked upon with gratitude. If we would’ve recognized his advice and adhered to it maybe we wouldn’t be where we are now. We are almost 20 trillion dollars in debt, and our political parties turn elections into puerile acts of immaturity. The only thing we partially follow is having no permanent alliances. Washington was the first and a very good president, even though it was written long ago it still fits today. That is why I believe we should follow Washington’s
Washington once said, “However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.” What he’s saying is political parties divide the government, in the end leading to arguments and overall dysfunctional relationships. One example today would be Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. If you’ve ever watched the news you know that the relationship creates lies and propaganda. Although not all relationships between the two parties are estranged, often times they don’t get along. After all these years, the advice he gave should be looked upon with gratitude. If we would’ve recognized his advice and adhered to it maybe we wouldn’t be where we are now. We are almost 20 trillion dollars in debt, and our political parties turn elections into puerile acts of immaturity. The only thing we partially follow is having no permanent alliances. Washington was the first and a very good president, even though it was written long ago it still fits today. That is why I believe we should follow Washington’s