![]() ![]() ![]() Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. The Farewell Address’s nut paragraph (as journalists would put it) reads as follows: But the address is best remembered for what it said about foreign policy, namely, that the United States should keep its distance from the affairs of Europe. Much of what he wrote warns against the dangers of partisan and regional strife. The Farewell Address summarizes Washington’s advice to the nation based on his more than four decades of public service. (Why a Philadelphia paper? Because Philadelphia was the nation’s capital in 1796.) More than two centuries later, politicians still cite Washington’s Farewell Address. ![]() Today marks the anniversary of one of the most important presidential addresses in the history of the United States, “The Address of General Washington To The People of The United States on his declining of the Presidency of the United States,” or as it is better known, “ Washington’s Farewell Address.” It was published, not delivered in person, on Septemin the Philadelphia newspaper, the American Daily Advertiser. ![]()
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