The correct answer is B) he thought it would create division and bitter arguments.
Based on the passage, the statement that best expresses George Washington’s opinion on political parties is “he thought it would create division and bitter arguments.”
On his Farewell Address of 1796, George Washington clearly expressed his concerns about political parties. On the excerpt of the passage, we can read: “it agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against the other, and foments occasionaly riot and insurrection…”
That is why Washington considered that political parties would create division and bitter arguments. And history has proven that his thoughts were true. Political parties are necessary for democracies but one of the questions the arise is exactly what Washington believed and expressed in his Farewell Adress.
