Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 - 32페이지 |
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... your suffrages have twice called me have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference for what ap- peared to be your desire . I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my power ...
... your suffrages have twice called me have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference for what ap- peared to be your desire . I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my power ...
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acceptance administration adoption advantages affection alliances appearances attachment avoiding causes changes choice circumstances citizens common conduct confidence Congress connections considerations Constitution continuance coun councils course danger debt derived Designed directed distribution duty efforts ence engagements equal establish exists experience external faction Farewell Address favorite favors force foreign frequent give greater guided habits happiness heart Hence hold hope House human important indulgence influence intercourse interest invite jealousies justice laws lead less liberty likewise look maintain ment mind morality motives nation natural necessary observed occasion offer organization partial particular party passions patriotism peace peared permanent political popular portion practice present preservation principles prosperity public opinion relation render respect Senate sense sentiment serve sions sometimes spirit strength sufficient taken temporary tend things tion true trust Union United Washington whole zeal
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14 페이지 - 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.
18 페이지 - 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.
21 페이지 - 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.
26 페이지 - 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.
15 페이지 - 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.
13 페이지 - 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...
31 페이지 - 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.
23 페이지 - ... 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?
11 페이지 - ... 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.
4 페이지 - 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...