Notable Farewell Speeches
- The speech of Aeneas to Helenus and Andromache, Aeneid, Book III.
- George Washington - Washington's Farewell Address where he warned of the dangers of political parties
- Dwight D. Eisenhower - Eisenhower's farewell address where he warned of military-industrial complex
- Douglas MacArthur - farewell speeches before Congress and U.S. Military Academy; "old soldiers never die, they only fade away" and "duty, honor, country"
- Robert E. Lee - Lee's Farewell Address to the Army of Northern Virginia the day after the end of the Civil War
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