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Insurgents [message #56644] Sun, 14 August 2005 15:48 Go to next message
Manualblock is currently offline  Manualblock
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A little conversation this weekend about exactly what an insurgent is.
I say there were some insurgents in this country once. They were called rebels and they formed the Continental Army under a guy named Washington.
"The Government of The United States is not, in any sense, founded on the christian religion."
G. Washington, Dec. 1799
" It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."
G. Washington Oct 1791

Re: Insurgents [message #56645 is a reply to message #56644] Mon, 15 August 2005 03:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I don't know about the second quotation, but the attribution for the first one is incorrect.

It's from the english translation of the Treaty with Tripoli ratified by the Senate under John Adams, June 7, 1797.

Re: Insurgents [message #56646 is a reply to message #56645] Mon, 15 August 2005 06:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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O'Kay. I read it on the net so just goes to show. But GW said it is that part correct?

Re: Insurgents [message #56653 is a reply to message #56646] Mon, 15 August 2005 18:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Not to my knowledge - it was written by Joel Barlow

Re: Insurgents [message #56658 is a reply to message #56653] Mon, 15 August 2005 19:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Maybe because it is signed under the authority of the president as per the concluding paragraph? I am just repeating what it said on the Rand Lindsly Collections of American Quotations and if this is incorrect boy are they gonna hear from me.

Re: Insurgents [message #56663 is a reply to message #56658] Mon, 15 August 2005 22:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'm as sure as I can be that it was signed under John Adams - if Washington ever said it he was quoting the treaty.

Re: Insurgents [message #56669 is a reply to message #56663] Tue, 16 August 2005 00:08 Go to previous message
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Fair enough. The exact derivation of the quote is lost in the mists of time. I beleive that is probably right, he was quoting someone. Because there it is on another history site also. Attributed to GW but in a rather superficial way.

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