Farewell Address
09/18/1796
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None can serve it with purer intentions than I have done or with a more disinterested zeal.
The people must be vigilant and alert to maintain their freedom.
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
The strength of a nation lies in the unity and integrity of its people.