Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot …

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Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1842). The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788, p.427
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Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1842). The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788, p.427

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