Farewell address Quote by Joseph J. Ellis

“Like the classic it has become, the Farewell Address has demonstrated the capacity to assume different shapes in different eras, to change color, if you will, in varying shades of light.” quote by Joseph J. Ellis — Download Open image

““Like the classic it has become, the Farewell Address has demonstrated the capacity to assume different shapes in different eras, to change color, if you will, in varying shades of light.””

Joseph J. Ellis

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“One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.”

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Nothing is more essential, than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular Nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place…

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