A few excerpts from George Washington's farewell address in 1796 are as though he wrote them specifically for us: "The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual..."
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"As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways...How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the public councils."
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"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 awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government."
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