Samstag, 9. Oktober 2021

Goldene Worte

 
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PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON GAVE HIS FAMOUS 
FAREWELL ADDRESS, LEAVING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 
A PARTING GIFT OF 20 PROPHETIC WARNINGS:


• Be vigilant, people will seek to use the government for selfish ends.

• Avoid overgrown military establishments; they are hostile to liberty.

• Prevent all obstructions to the execution of the laws.

• Control bureaucracies; make sure they all work together.

• Avoid political parties; they will cause divisive factions and unscrupulous men 
will use them to undermine the government.

• Give allegiance to the Constitution; improve it as necessary.

• Do not alter the Constitution lightly, or based on hypothesis; apply the experience applied 
when it was created.

• Be suspicious of administrators; they may serve themselves rather than the people.

• Watch for consolidation of power in any department of government.

• Preserve existing checks and balances and add more where power needs to be checked.

• Religion and morality are essential to create the virtue necessary to preserve the union.

• Promote widespread education; democracy requires literate citizens that understand the 
system of governance and take responsibility for themselves.

• Avoid debt; and immediately discharge any debt created by war.

• Taxes are unpleasant; government spending should be candidly conducted.

• Cultivate peace and justice toward all nations.

• Avoid alliances and maintain neutrality among nations.

• Avoid dependency; a weak state that allies with a stronger state will become its servant.

• Real patriots will resist intrigues, while dupes will surrender to interests.

• In trade, give no nation a favored nation status.

• Be guided by principles, not interests.

 

1 Kommentar:

Anonym hat gesagt…

Erst neulich einen von Thomas Jefferson gefunden: Es wird die Zeit kommen, wo man die geheimnisvolle Zeugung Jesu durch den Heiligen Geist in einer Jungfrau so ansehen wird wie die Zeugung der Minerva in Jupiters Haupt. (Kleiner Scherz am Rande: Pater Lingen, der Herr mit der interessanten Physiognomie, hat lange nicht von sich hören lassen ...)
Jedenfalls meinen Dank für die Zitatesammlung. Ai häv tu brasch app mai Inglisch. It läcks präcktising. Natürlich - auch den Inhalt betreffend.