 | Gary V. Wood - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 268 pages
...of years admonishes me more and more that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have...the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it. George Washington, "Farewell Address," in A Compilation of the Messages and Papers o/the Presidents,... | |
 | Lamin Sanneh - Religion - 2003 - 154 pages
...megalomania. "I have the consolation to believe," Washington said in his farewell address in 1796, "that while choice and prudence invite me to quit...political scene, patriotism does not forbid it." In the French case, a hard-edged secularism emerged and acquired a life of its own, with state jurisdiction... | |
 | Cokie Roberts - Social Science - 2004 - 385 pages
...his Farewell Address to the Philadelphia newspaper Daily Ameriean Adveriiser, with the explanation: "While choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it." The president never actually delivered the famous speech, which has come down in history as a collection... | |
 | Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - History - 2005 - 270 pages
...of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have...forbid it. 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... | |
 | Robin Wagner-Pacifici - History - 2005 - 223 pages
...leadership, politics, and process clear in his resignation speech when he reiterates his decision to retire, "satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar...quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it."16 The relations between the authority and power of individual sovereigns and those of bounded... | |
 | Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 417 pages
...services. they were temporary, l haye the consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence invite we to quit the political scene, patriotism, does not...it. [*] 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... | |
 | Max Cavitch - 363 pages
...consistent with patriotism. "I have the consolation to believe," Washington wrote in his Farewell Address, "that while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it."28 Posthumously, he is commiserated with by fellow citizens like Humphreys who are at the turn... | |
 | Charles Tilly - Social Science - 2009 - 200 pages
...of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that, if any circumstances have...quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.22 Thus he rebuffed any attempt to make him king or president for life. John Adams stood by, ready... | |
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... every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more that the shade of retirement is as 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... 
