Farewell Address
09/18/1796
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The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
Good governance demands the exercise of wisdom, patience, and courage.
The nation that expects to be ignorant and free, expects what never was and never will be.
Nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachm...