Farewell Address
09/18/1796
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the chara...
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.
The rights of individuals must be protected against infringement by the state.