Farewell Address
09/18/1796
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The strength of a nation lies in the unity and integrity of its people.
The principles of justice and liberty must guide all government actions.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the chara...