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.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence—it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never ...
A strong nation is built on the foundation of unity and common purpose.
Freedom is the natural state of mankind.