Maxims of Washington: Compiled for Use in Schools, Libraries, and All American HomesD. Appleton, 1894 - 423 páginas |
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... avoid the neces- sity of those overgrown military establishments , which , under any form of government , are inauspicious to liberty , and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to Republican liberty . In this sense it is ...
... avoid the neces- sity of those overgrown military establishments , which , under any form of government , are inauspicious to liberty , and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to Republican liberty . In this sense it is ...
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... avoid misfortunes . If they come upon us after these , we shall have the con- solation of knowing , that we have done our best . The rest is with God . The hour is certainly come , when party disputes and dissensions should subside ...
... avoid misfortunes . If they come upon us after these , we shall have the con- solation of knowing , that we have done our best . The rest is with God . The hour is certainly come , when party disputes and dissensions should subside ...
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... avoiding , in the exercise of the powers of one department , to encroach upon another . The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one , and thus create , whatever the form of government , a ...
... avoiding , in the exercise of the powers of one department , to encroach upon another . The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one , and thus create , whatever the form of government , a ...
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... avoided , instead of a defence against it . Excessive partiality for one foreign nation , and excessive dislike of another , cause those whom they actuate , to see danger only on one side , and serve to veil , and even second , the arts ...
... avoided , instead of a defence against it . Excessive partiality for one foreign nation , and excessive dislike of another , cause those whom they actuate , to see danger only on one side , and serve to veil , and even second , the arts ...
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... avoiding offence to the other , will be a work of great difficulty . 1778 . Nothing short of independence , it appears to me , can possibly do . A peace on other terms would , if I may be allowed the expression , be a peace of war ...
... avoiding offence to the other , will be a work of great difficulty . 1778 . Nothing short of independence , it appears to me , can possibly do . A peace on other terms would , if I may be allowed the expression , be a peace of war ...
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