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The other, that it is the invariable rule of the President to reward his friends and punish his enemies.
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Quincy states a principle of the administration that the President rewards allies and punishes adversaries, reflecting political favoritism.
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With a tolerable share of common sense, I hope, in America, to be independent and free.
But, if we go to war, what must be the effect of the peace that follows?
Have we not tamely submitted for years to the daily violation of the freedom of the post-office and of the press by a committee of seal-breakers?
The terms, indeed, in which such a character as Washington has repeatedly expressed himself concerning me, have left me nothing to wish, if they did not alarm me by their very strength.
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