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" Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake ; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of... "
Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States - Page 303
by Edwin Wiley - 1915
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My Fellow Americans

Michael Waldman - 363 pages
...weak toward a great and powerful nation dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter. Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure...of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defense against it. Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause...
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The Case for Sovereignty: Why the World Should Welcome American Independence

Jeremy A. Rabkin - Political Science - 2004 - 284 pages
...me, fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake [original emphasis], since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government."43 In the nineteenth century, much suspicion focused on Catholics. Misgivings were not...
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The Path to Peace

Wardell Lindsay - 2005 - 8 pages
...or weak toward a great and powerful nation dooms the former to be a satellite of the latter. Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure...of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defense against it. Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause...
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A Nation Under God?: The ACLU and Religion in American Politics

Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - History - 2005 - 270 pages
...latter. Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly...of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defense against it. Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another, cause...
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American Political Rhetoric: A Reader

Peter Augustine Lawler, Robert Martin Schaefer - Political Science - 2005 - 444 pages
...latter. Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly...of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defense against it. Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another, cause...
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Law Without Nations?: Why Constitutional Government Requires Sovereign States

Jeremy A. Rabkin - Law - 2005 - 366 pages
...sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity": Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure...jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake [original emphasis], since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful...
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The Life of George Washington, Volume 4

Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 417 pages
...people ought to ha [constantly] || awake, since history and experience prove that foreign infiuence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government....— But that jealousy to be useful must be impartial ; eise it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defence against...
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Common Sense

Wardell Lindsay - 2006 - 24 pages
...or weal toward a great and powerful nation dooms the former to be a satellite of the latter, against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure...of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defense against it. Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause...
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100 Words To Make You Sound Smart

American Heritage Dictionaries - Reference - 2006 - 130 pages
...a subtle or imperceptible manner; treacherous. Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (l conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens], the jealousy...of the most baneful foes of Republican Government. — President George Washington, Farewell Address, September I?, 1?96 [From Latin insidiosus, from...
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The Public Diplomacy Reader

J. Michael Waller - Reference - 2007 - 524 pages
...nation, toward a great and powerful one, dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter. Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure...influence to be avoided, instead of a defence against it. Excessive partiality for one foreign nation, and excessive dislike of another, cause those whom they...
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