| George McGovern - Political Science - 2004 - 192 pages
...the presidency. In his final address as president, George Washington said: "Those who love America will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military...regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty." President Eisenhower gained the respect of the world for his leadership in World War II—including... | |
| Patrick F. McManus - Humor - 2010 - 240 pages
...Washington's Farewell Address now reads more like a diagnosis than a warning: he counseled Americans to "avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments,...regarded as particularly hostile to Republican Liberty." When, in Rome, the US representative expressed fears of "politically motivated charges" against Americans,... | |
| Beverly Merrill Kelley - History - 2004 - 350 pages
...George Washington warned: "they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown Military establishment which, under any form of government, are inauspicious...regarded as particularly hostile to Republican Liberty." 53 Dwight D. Eisenhower echoed his predecessor's sentiments 171 years later, adding a wrinkle of his... | |
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