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Seth Cotlar Dec 31, 2022

Applied economics professor at Johns Hopkins, National Review contributor, and former Reagan advisor tweeting out an oft-debunked, fake quote from George Washington is, from inside my niche sector of academia, the perfect ending to 2022.

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cnkraeh Jan 1, 2023

@sethcotlar

here is, I think, and authentic one the rt probably usually doesn't like

actually that wasn't the one I was thinking of, this one is

"Hence, likewise, they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty"- George Washington

https://www.history.com/news/george-washington-farewell-address-warnings

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George Washington Warned Against Political Infighting in His Farewell Address

As he stepped down from the presidency, Washington urged Americans to always place the interests of the nation over their political and regional affiliations.

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