February 16, 2004

George Washington: Patriotism "will not endure unassisted by Interest"

GEORGE WASHINGTON

Men may speculate as they will, they may talk of patriotism; they may draw a few examples from current story … but whoever builds upon it as a sufficient basis for conducting a long and bloody war will find themselves deceived in the end … For a long time it may of itself push men to action, to bear much, to encounter difficulties, but it will not endure unassisted by Interest.
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