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Farewell Address to the People of the United States


WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS - GovInfo

Friends and Fellow-Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the execu- tive government of the United States being not far distant, and ...

Farewell Address (1796) - The National Constitution Center

In 1796, President George Washington published his “Farewell Address” to the nation. After two terms in office, Washington decided to retire from public life.

Farewell Address | The American Presidency Project

The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real ...

Washington's Farewell Address, 1796 - Office of the Historian

Frustrated by French meddling in U.S. politics, Washington warned the nation to avoid permanent alliances with foreign nations and to rely instead on ...

About Traditions & Symbols | Washington's Farewell Address

No Senate tradition has been more steadfastly maintained than the annual reading of President George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address. In this letter to ...

George Washington's Farewell Address

George Washington's Farewell Address to the people of the United States appeared in newspapers across the nation; then was republished in booklet form. The ...

Farewell Address to the People of the United States - Mount Vernon

It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world.

George Washington, September 17, 1796, Farewell Address ...

Pickering wrote to him that same day (September 15): “The paper you put into my hands to-day was attentively perused by us all. I am now going over it by myself ...

George Washington's Farewell Address - Wikipedia

Washington's Farewell Address is a letter written by President George Washington as a valedictory to "friends and fellow-citizens" after 20 years of public ...

The Farewell Address | George Washington's Mount Vernon

Washington knows that the success of America lies in the unity of its people, so he warns citizens to stay guarded against attempts to divide them. “With slight ...

The President's Farewell Address to the American People

Harry S Truman, 33rd President of the United States: 1945 ‐ 1953, The President's Farewell Address to the American People, January 15, 1953.

Farewell Address (1796) - Teaching American History

He asked James Madison to help him prepare a retirement address to the American people that would articulate his vision for how the United States could become a ...

The President's Address to the People" by George Washington

This is a digital “facsimile” edition of a contemporary pamphlet version of President George Washington's “Farewell Address,” first issued in the ...

S. Doc. 106-21 - Washington's Farewell Address to the ... - GovInfo

Publication Title. Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States ; Collection. Additional Government Publications Congressional Documents ...

Farewell Address - Trump White House Archives

Above all, we have reasserted the sacred idea that, in America, the government answers to the people. Our guiding light, our North Star, our unwavering ...

"'Farewell' Address to the People of the United States, Announcing ...

Washington's “farewell address” emphasizes the importance of Union, the danger of partisanship, the threat of parties allied to foreign countries or interests.

[George] Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United ...

Title, [George] Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States ; Artist/Maker, Gideon Fairman [portrait of Washington after Gilbert Stuart]

Farewell Address to the Nation - Ronald Reagan Library

'' ``We the People'' tell the government what to do; it doesn't tell us. ``We the People'' are the driver; the government is the car. And we ...

President George Washington's Farewell Address, September 19 ...

In his "Farewell Address," Washington offered his advice to the citizens of the United States. His key points were to warn Americans against the danger of ...

George Washington Farewell Address; September 19, 1796

To the People of the United States of America…. …Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections ...