Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 - 32 pages |
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... tion's record and embodied a classic statement of Federalist doctrine . Washington's principal concern was for the safety of the eight - year- old Constitution . He believed that the stability of the Republic was threatened by the ...
... tion's record and embodied a classic statement of Federalist doctrine . Washington's principal concern was for the safety of the eight - year- old Constitution . He believed that the stability of the Republic was threatened by the ...
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... tion I have formed , to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made . I beg you at the same time to do me the justice to be assured that this resolution has not been taken without a strict ...
... tion I have formed , to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made . I beg you at the same time to do me the justice to be assured that this resolution has not been taken without a strict ...
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... tion of these advantages on the Union by which they were procured ? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers , if such there are , who would sever them from their brethren and connect them with aliens ? To the efficacy and ...
... tion of these advantages on the Union by which they were procured ? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers , if such there are , who would sever them from their brethren and connect them with aliens ? To the efficacy and ...
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... tion and mature deliberation , completely free in its principles , in the distribution of its powers uniting security with energy , and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment , has a just claim to your confidence and ...
... tion and mature deliberation , completely free in its principles , in the distribution of its powers uniting security with energy , and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment , has a just claim to your confidence and ...
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... tion of the constituted authorities , are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency . They serve to organize faction ; to give it an artificial and extraordinary force ; to put in the place of the delegated will of ...
... tion of the constituted authorities , are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency . They serve to organize faction ; to give it an artificial and extraordinary force ; to put in the place of the delegated will of ...
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Page 14 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency.
Page 18 - Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another. " There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Page 21 - Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 26 - Excessive partiality for one foreign nation, and excessive dislike of another, cause those whom they actuate, to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil, and even second, the arts of influence on the other.
Page 15 - Towards the preservation of your government and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts.
Page 13 - To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable. No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute. They must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced. Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a Constitution of Government better calculated than your former for an intimate union and for the efficacious management of...
Page 31 - The considerations which respect the right to hold this conduct, it is not necessary on this occasion to detail. I will only observe, that according to my understanding of the matter, that right, so far from being denied by any of the belligerent powers, has been virtually admitted by all.
Page 23 - ... people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt, that in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas ! is it rendered impossible by its vices?
Page 11 - ... will afford a happy issue to the experiment. It is well worth a fair and full experiment. With such powerful and obvious motives to Union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Page 4 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country, for the many honors it has conferred upon me...