Now, read what Washington had to say about political parties, or factions, and their leaders, and then answer the question. [A]nd sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty. …
[T]he common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.

What did Washington believe about the rise of political parties and their leaders?

that political parties and their leaders would increase public liberty

that political parties would be encouraged by wise leaders

that the leaders of political parties would act out of self-interest