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.
I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, i...
The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
A strong nation is built on the foundation of unity and common purpose.