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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Famous quotes containing the words notable, farewell and/or speeches:
“Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when it’s more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“O, now for ever
Farewell the tranquil mind, farewell content,
Farewell the plumèd troops and the big wars
That makes ambition virtue! O, farewell!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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