George Washington quote: “Overgrown military establishments are under any…”

A quotation from the American president, George Washington

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Overgrown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.

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– George Washington –

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George Washington quote: “Overgrown military establishments are under any…”

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