"Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession."
-George Washington
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"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.“
-George Washington
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