Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.” ~ George Washington (1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, 'Father of the Country'Source: George Washington's Farewell Address, September 17, 1796http://liberty-tree.ca/research/George.Washingtons.Farewell.Address