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# Quote of the Day: The Problem with a Two-Party System
- URL: https://ivn.us/quote-of-the-day-the-problem-with-a-two-party-system/
- Published: 2012-03-22T18:20:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:23:21.000Z
- Author: Jane Susskind
- Tags: News

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> ‎”What we have today is a far cry from what the Founders intended. George Washington and James Madison both warned of the dangers posed by political parties…The problem is not division but partisanship—advantage-seeking by private clubs whose central goal is to win political power.” - Former Congressman Mickey Edwards

[From his Atlantic article “How to Turn Republicans and Democrats Into Americans”](http://a.ivn.us/GNTiCU?ref=ivn.us)