Usually, Farwell addresses are speeches, but George Washington used an open letter to advise and warn Americans about threats, opportunities, and long-term safety and happiness. Published on September 19, 1796, this speech is a unique of its kind. Washington has already left an unprecedented legacy by voluntarily relinquish political power. His act of leaving public office voluntarily has laid a strong foundation of republican government in America and a symbol of patriotism. But his speech has further empowered the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
The Farewell Address analyzed and predicted the dangers of internal faction and threats from foreign, but it offered concrete solutions. Now, …show more content…
He was extremely pro-unity and worried about the sectionalism, and he called that as a destroyer of the common interest. The Farewell Address explains sectionalism an obstacle for patriotism. But today the US is united than any other country in the world and American has learned enough about sectionalism from other countries and from the US Civil War.
One of the other major themes of the Farewell Speech, which is has been ignored often, is the religion and morality. Washington looked at religion and morality a factor of political prosperity. The Farewell Speech advises that the religion and morality are indispensable.
Defecation of National Security:
National security is commonly defined as the collective term for the defense and foreign relations of a country, protection of the interests of a country.
National security is not anymore about hard power and military strength only. A nation requires political security, economic security, energy security, environmental security, monetary security, military security, natural resources security, cyber security, human security, homeland security and etc. So. It’s more than military and politics.
I believe that national security means: securing, protecting and defending political, military, social, economic interests of a state inside and abroad with all available