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Against Quotes by George Washington
- I am principled against this kind of traffic in the human species . . . and to disperse the families I have an aversion.
- Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly…
- Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence . . . the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake.
- No compact among men . . . can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no Wall of words,…
- The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting each the guardian of…
- They (the Jews) work more effectively against us, than the enemy's armies. They are a hundred times more dangerous to our liberties and the great…
- Let me now ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. ... The common and continual…
- We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear bought…
- In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting…
- Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
- I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and…
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