Farewell Address
09/18/1796
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The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.
A strong nation is built on the foundation of unity and common purpose.
The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
Nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachm...