Farewell Address
03/03/1797
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The nation that expects to be ignorant and free, expects what never was and never will be.
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad c...
Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the chara...