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If ever again our nation stumbles upon unfunded paper, it shall surely be like death to our body politic. This country will crash.

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George Washington
Age: 67 †
Born: 1732
Born: February 22
Died: 1799
Died: December 14
1St U.S. President
Cartographer
Engineer
Farmer
Land Surveyor
Military Officer
Politician
Slaveholder
Statesperson
Westmoreland County
Virginia
Washington
President Washington
G. Washington
Father of the United States
The American Fabius
Like
Nation
Unfunded
Shall
Stumbles
Nations
Politic
Upon
Founding
Death
Crash
Body
Surely
Ever
Economics
Country
Paper

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