"They (the Jews) work more effectively against us, than the enemy's armies. They are a hundred times more dangerous to our liberties and the great cause we are engaged in... It is much to be lamented that each state, long ago, has not hunted them down as pest to society and the greatest enemies we have to the happiness of -------*."
*don't want to give it away.
2006-09-12 17:20:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
George Washington
2006-09-12 18:26:32 · answer #1 · answered by Hidden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one said it. The claim that George Washington once said it has been exposed as a lie here:
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/thejews.htm
This is what Washington really had to say on the matter:
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"The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for giving to Mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection, should demean themselves as good citizens.
May the Children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit under his own vine and fig tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid."
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This statement became known as "Tthe first presidential declaration of the free and equal status of Jewish-American citizens":
I hope you're not seriously suggesting that he actually said what you've written in your question. That would make you guilty of spreading an anti-Semitic lie.
Keep an eye on that Snopes web site. In the future, you might want to go there before you post something as uninformed as your latest question.
2006-09-13 00:27:38 · answer #2 · answered by almintaka 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
fred flintstone
2006-09-13 02:07:34 · answer #3 · answered by hello85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitler.
2006-09-13 00:22:10 · answer #4 · answered by Emm 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i've already answered this. please stop.
fred flintstone
2006-09-13 00:24:13 · answer #5 · answered by getit 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
please get off the air thanks alot
2006-09-13 00:28:54 · answer #6 · answered by pattibcacl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋