from washingtonblogs.com
John Adams said:
There is nothing which I dread so much as a 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.
i was taught that adams was a leading voice against having a party system. glad to see others, like washington, felt the same way (though in my studies adams opinions about the party system were most often cited).