ليس شيءٌ أخشاه كما أخشى انقسامَ الجمهورية إلى حزبين كبيرين، يصطفّ كلٌّ منهما خلف زعيمه، ويدبّران إجراءاتهما في مواجهة بعضهما. وهذا، في تقديري المتواضع، أعظمُ شرٍّ سياسيٍّ يُخشى منه في ظل دستورنا.

“There is nothing I dread so much as the division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our constitution.”John Adams — The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations (1854)