“Pretended Patriotism” — Choice Words from George Washington

According to Writer’s Almanac, hosted and edited by Garrison Keillor, (February 22 was) the birthday of the first president of the United States, George Washington, born in the Colony of Virginia (1732)… Washington served as president for eight years. In his Farewell Address to the nation, he warned that his greatest fear for the new country was that forces would try to divide Americans and undermine the country’s principles. He argued that its citizens should come together to resist those people: “Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”

It may be a coincidence that the editor chose this particular quote of the hundreds for which he’s known, but that seems unlikely, doesn’t it?

More Americans every day are starting to see that this is precisely what’s happening in our country today, and we’re just as unwilling to accept it as the Father of Our Country suggested we need to be.