I admit, I do not remember any presidential farewell address

[question everything]

Did Clinton have one? The Bushes? They say that Reagan but, I suppose, I have never bothered to listen to anything he said so I would not to his last address.

[marybourg]

1. G. Washington. nt.

[question everything]

3. Before my time. I was thinking of the second half of the 20th Century

[Staph]

10. Alexander Hamilton helped to write the speech.

I know this because Lin-Manuel Miranda told me so!

[yeoman6987]

2. I agree. I was stumped to find out every president since Lincoln gave one

[angstlessk]

8. Well, we know what Lincoln's farewell was...

"Argh" No disrespect meant..he WAS a republican!

[Wounded Bear]

4. Eisenhower...

warned about the Military Industrial Complex.

[Chasstev365]

5. Ike 1961

Military Industrial Complex speech

[fishwax]

6. Eisenhower warned about the Military-Industrial Complex in his farewell speech

Washington warned about partisanship overwhelming principle.

I wonder what Obama will warn us about.

[chillfactor]

7. I hope someone here listens to his speech....

I can't...I am too sad at heart to see him go.

[jaysunb]

9. Nixon

Sorta

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. Maybe you missed his maudlin, totally

embarrassing goodbye speech before he got on that helicopter on August 9, 1974.

And every time I see his announcement the night before that he'd be resigning, I'm afraid all over again that when he says, "I'm not a quitter" he'll then go on to declare his intention to stay in office. I recall watching that speech live and being completely convinced he was planning to stay on.

I worked at National Airport at the time, and planes did not board during that time period because EVERYONE wanted to watch the speech. Not a single passenger walked up to our counter during that time. It was quite eerie.

[question everything]

12. I just recently threw away a comment from his speech that left an impression on me

"Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself."

[IcyPeas]

13. this one was different.

Rachel Maddow said most of them are like 15 minutes long and they are done from the White House and are not such a big deal as this one.

This one was in a huge arena and went on for 53 minutes.

I think we liked this guy.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. They normally do them from the Oval Office

Shrub -

Clinton -

Poppy -

Raygun -