“a stunning failure of leadership”
“any external aggressor will clash with an impregnable resistance.”
“This budget is the epitome of 'America Last.'”
“We are unstoppable.”
“Everything will get better.”
“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”

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On the recordMay 20, 1794
this new state of things suggests the propriety of placing the United States in a posture of effectual preparation for an event which, notwithstanding the endeavors making to avert it, may by circumstances beyond our control be forced upon us
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George Washington
Independent · Virginia
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