The Foresight of G. Washington (pt.4) And in his farewell address G. Washington, founding father of the U.S.A. stated in part:

"Sympathy for a favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common inteerest in cases wehre no real common interest exists, and infusing into on the enmities of theother betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification...And it gives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citizens (who devote themselves to the favorite nation) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding, with the appearances of virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation."

"Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other.  Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests."

(on to part 5)