Farewell Address
09/18/1796
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I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
The people must be vigilant and alert to maintain their freedom.
A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
The duty of holding a neutral conduct may be inferred, without any thing more, from the obligation which justice and hum...