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'T is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
'T is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- George Washington
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- Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
His Farewell Address.
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