...indulges itself in such passions "is in some degree a slave" to its own animosities and affections. Foreign influence "is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government," playing upon its tendency toward faction. Faction, dependency, partiality, hatred: all counteract the...

...be the satellite of the latter. Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens), the jealousy of a free...foes of republican government. But that jealousy, to be useful, must be impartial; else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided,...

...George Washington von 1796, in der es heißt: „Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (...) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly...of the most baneful foes of republican government. l( ,- 1 yi Die Bestimmungen der Bundesverfassung (wie schon zuvor der Konföderationsartikel) über...

...fellow citizens to avoid any alliances with foreign nations, or even excessive "affection" for them. "History and experience prove that foreign influence...of the most baneful foes of republican government," he wrote. Better to focus on the well-being of the United States, Washington wrote, than to get involved...