Farewell Address
09/18/1796
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Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all.
The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.
The nation that expects to be ignorant and free, expects what never was and never will be.
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.