Farewell Address
09/18/1796
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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...
The principles of justice and liberty must guide all government actions.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force.