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George Washington
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Washington warns against foreign influence in domestic affairs and American meddling in European affairs. He warns against bitter partisanship in domestic politics and called for men to move beyond partisanship and serve the common good. He called for an America wholly free of foreign attachments, as the United States must concentrate only on American interests. He counseled friendship and commerce with all nations, but warned against involvement in European wars and entering into long-term alliances. The address quickly set American values regarding religion and foreign affairs, and his advice was often repeated in political discourse well into the twentieth century; not until the 1949 formation of NATO would the United States again sign a treaty of alliance with a foreign nation. Washington strictures against political parties were ignored at the time and ever since.
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Truly the greatest President.
Like the movie Lord of the Rings, he declined to take the “one ring that controls them all” and voluntarily relinquished power in the American Experiment when all wanted him to take it.
I think we have done him a vast disservice when we merged the tyrant Lincoln into shallow President’s Day.
I’d suggest that we restore February 22nd as Washington’s Birthday, delist Lincoln, and make it not a federal holiday, but a day when his writings are READ to every federal “employee”.
Arghhh!
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