Farewell Address
09/18/1796
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The nation that expects to be ignorant and free, expects what never was and never will be.
Those who have been blessed with the privileges of education should be the guardians of those privileges for the benefit...
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
A nation that values its freedom must also value its education and its institutions.