Farewell Address
03/03/1797
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Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
Those services, and greater had I possessed ability to render them, were due to the unanimous calls of my country, and i...
Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.