George Washington: ‘… the Constitution … is sacredly obligatory upon all’

(NorthStarNational) – Our first president had some excellent advice in his farewell address to the nation, which he delivered via newspaper publication in September 1796.

The entire speech remains worth reading today. Some of his points were specific to a time when the United States was young and fragile–the Constitution was less than a decade old, after all–but much of his wisdom continues to hold value.