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Screenshot from https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/past-projects/quotes/ "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 Spheres; avoiding in the exercise of the Powers of one department to encroach upon another." FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1796 #government EDITORIAL NOTES On September 19, 1796, Washington informed the nation that he would not elect to serve a third term as president. In this “Farewell Address,” he stressed issues of constitutional practice, including the importance of the separate branches of government as representations of public opinion.