QuoteQuest“Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.”
Verification
AttributedRecorded by a reliable secondary source; exact wording may differ.
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: George Washington
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
- Held by
- Wikiquote
Context
"Circular to the States" (8 June 1783)
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Washington, George. (n.d.). Wikiquote: George Washington. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Washington
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