| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 63335 |
| QUOTATION: | Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | George Washington (17321799), U.S. general, president. speech, Sept. 17, 1796. Farewell Address, vol. 35, The Writings of George Washington, ed. John C. Fitzpatrick (1940). |
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