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 impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course, which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations.
But, if I may even flatter myself, that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism; this hope will be a full recompense for the solicitude for your welfare, by which they have been dictated.
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sure would like to hear obimbo’s farewell address real soon !!!
That’s President Barack Hussein Obama to you, Mr. Zieger. Youi exhibit the same partisan passions President Washington warns us about in this excerpt. Your comment is demeaning, to say the least. It insults not only the holder of the Office of President of the United States, you insult the presidency itself.
And just for the record, I’m not President Obama’s biggest fan by any means.
the prez is an illuminati puppet; our govt. is a sham; get ‘em all out by voting independent. armed revolution as a last resort.