The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
— George Washington Early Modern

First US President

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First Inaugural Address

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1789

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Controversial

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