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If the necessary article should in this mode cost more in time of peace, will not the security and independence thence arising form an ample compensation?
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Washington: “If the necessary article should in this mode cost more in time of peace, will not the security and independence thence…”
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Washington argues that the benefits of security and independence outweigh potential higher costs.
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