On the recordJuly 2, 1991
Washington sought not the security of power but the power to secure America's independence, to build a nation devoted to freedom and human dignity.
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presidency.ucsb.eduWashington sought not the security of power but the power to secure America's independence, to build a nation devoted to freedom and human dignity.
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