Special Symposium on the American Presidency: George Washington Forges the Institution, Part I
In this special presentation for the Diane Sare Symposium, LaRouche Organization history editor Christopher Sare presents the first in a series of episodes on the historic implications of one of the most revolutionary institutions ever created: the American presidency. Forged by George Washington and increasingly perfected by later presidents, the American presidency was the first effective political/economic form of government created in the Western world free of the burden of oligarchical rule, and able to wield power on behalf of the General Welfare of the people of the nation.