Farewell Address
09/18/1796
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A strong nation is built on the foundation of unity and common purpose.
Those services, and greater had I possessed ability to render them, were due to the unanimous calls of my country, and i...
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.