Few Farewell Addresses live up to the standard set by Washington (avoid entangling alliances) and Eisenhower (beware the military-industrial complex). Let’s look at some of the others – the speeches nobody studies in school or makes documentaries about. Can you match the president to the wisdom he dropped on the way out the door?
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