Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 - 32 Seiten |
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... necessary to me as it will be welcome . Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services , they were temporary , I have the consolation to believe that , while choice and prudence invite me to quit the po ...
... necessary to me as it will be welcome . Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services , they were temporary , I have the consolation to believe that , while choice and prudence invite me to quit the po ...
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... necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment . 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 indepen- dence , the support of ...
... necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment . 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 indepen- dence , the support of ...
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... necessary as to institute them . If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong , let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates ...
... necessary as to institute them . If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong , let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates ...
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... necessary spring of popular government . The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free government . Who that is a sincere friend to it can look with indifference upon at- tempts [ 20 ] WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ...
... necessary spring of popular government . The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free government . Who that is a sincere friend to it can look with indifference upon at- tempts [ 20 ] WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ...
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... necessary that public opinion should cooperate . To facilitate to them the performance of their duty , it is essen- tial that you should practically bear in mind that to- wards the payment of debts there must be revenue ; [ 21 ] ...
... necessary that public opinion should cooperate . To facilitate to them the performance of their duty , it is essen- tial that you should practically bear in mind that to- wards the payment of debts there must be revenue ; [ 21 ] ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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?
Seite 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.
Seite 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...