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Quotation from The Newburgh Address by George Washington
“I was among the first who embarked in the cause of our common Country”
The Newburgh Address, Paragraph 4 (Mount Vernon transcript of the manuscript)
Washington reminds the officers that he has shared the whole war with them before he asks them to trust his judgment.
Citation: "I was among the first who embarked in the cause of our common Country" — George Washington, The Newburgh Address, Paragraph 4 (Mount Vernon transcript of the manuscript). (id newburgh-address-q1)
Portrait: George Washington, Gilbert Stuart, Public domain.
