Farewell Address
09/18/1796
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Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.
A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different de...
Patriotism requires us to act with integrity and honor.