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Quotation from The Newburgh Address by George Washington
“My God! What can this Writer have in view, by recommending such measures? Can he be a friend to the Army? Can he be a friend to this Country? Rather, is he not an insidious Foe?”
The Newburgh Address, Paragraph 5 (Mount Vernon transcript of the manuscript)
After restating the anonymous writer's two proposals, Washington questions his motives in a rapid series of rhetorical questions.
Citation: "My God! What can this Writer have in view, by recommending such measures? Can he be a friend to the Army? Can he be a friend to this Country? Rather, is he not an insidious Foe?" — George Washington, The Newburgh Address, Paragraph 5 (Mount Vernon transcript of the manuscript). (id newburgh-address-q2)
Portrait: George Washington, Gilbert Stuart, Public domain.
