Washington Quotes on Government
"As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is, to use it as sparingly as possible; avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but ..."
Farewell Address | Saturday, September 17, 1796
More"It is important ... that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective Constitutional Sphere..."
Farewell Address to the People of the United States | Monday, September 19, 1796
More"However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be ..."
Farewell Address | Saturday, September 17, 1796
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