{"id":79673,"date":"2017-08-02T13:07:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T17:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=79673"},"modified":"2017-08-02T13:46:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T17:46:42","slug":"the-u-s-government-has-ignored-every-warning-by-george-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=79673","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Federal Government of the 21st Century Has Blatantly Ignored Every Single Warning by President George Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>20 Unheeded Warnings in Washington\u2019s Farewell Address<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_79681\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2872848_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79681\" class=\"wp-image-79681\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2872848_640px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2872848_640px.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2872848_640px-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-79681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President George Washington<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Be vigilant, people will seek to use the government for selfish ends.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Avoid overgrown military establishments; they are hostile to liberty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Prevent all obstructions to the execution of the laws.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Control bureaucracies; make sure they all work together.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Avoid political parties; they will cause divisive factions and unscrupulous men will use them to undermine the government.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Give allegiance to the Constitution; improve it as necessary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Do not alter the Constitution lightly, or based on hypothesis; apply the experience applied when it was created.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Be suspicious of administrators; they may serve themselves rather than the people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Watch for consolidation of power in any department of government.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Preserve existing checks and balances and add more where power needs to be checked.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Religion and morality are essential to create the virtue necessary to preserve the union.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Promote widespread education; democracy requires literate citizens that understand the system of governance and take responsibility for themselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Avoid debt; and immediately discharge any debt created by war.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Taxes are unpleasant; government spending should be candidly conducted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Cultivate peace and justice toward all nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Avoid alliances and maintain neutrality among nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Avoid dependency; a weak state that allies with a stronger state will become its servant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Real patriots will resist intrigues, while dupes will surrender to interests.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>In trade, give no nation a favored nation status.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Be guided by principles, not interests.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ganderson.us\/articles\/20-unheeded-warnings-by-george-washington\/\">http:\/\/blog.ganderson.us\/articles\/20-unheeded-warnings-by-george-washington\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}