Farewell Address
09/18/1796
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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.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence—it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should ...
Those who have been blessed with the privileges of education should be the guardians of those privileges for the benefit of all.