...I deem the essential principles of our government, and consequently those which ought to shape its administration. I will compress them within the narrowest...political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship, with all nations—entangling alliances with none; the support of the Plate governments in all their rights,...

...compress them within the narrow46 est compass they will bear, stating the general principle, but hot all its limitations : Equal and exact justice to all...State governments in all their rights, as the most compe- tent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-repuMican...

...essential principles of our government. I will compress them within the narrowest compass they will bear: Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state...their rights, as the most competent administrations of our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation...

...campaign. It was, in essence, a statement — the first comprehensive one — of American Liberalism. "Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state...political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none." Jefferson envisioned an evenhanded, unobtrusive government...

..."that you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our government." These are (1) "Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political"; (2) "peace, commerce and honest friendship, with all nations — entangling alliances with none"; (3)...

...of Thomas Jefferson." A quotation from Jefferson's 1801 inaugural address was also inscribed on it: "Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion." (The same words were chiseled in stone above the main entrance to the Jefferson County Courthouse in...

...principles of our Government," Thomas Jefferson said upon assuming the presidency in 1801, balanced "the support of the State Governments in all their rights, as the . . . surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies" with "the preservation of the General Government...

...chosen country with room enough for our descendants to the thousandth and thousandth generation; [...]. Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state...political; peace, commerce and honest friendship with all naJeffersons Grundsätze unterstrich ua EL Godkin, Herausgeber der "The Nation" - eines anti-imperialistischen...

...(Fitzpatrick 1940, Vol. 35: 233). This was followed up four years later by Thomas Jefferson, who urged 'equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state...political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none' (Padover 1943: 386). These statements represent not merely...

...before. Thomas Jefferson, our founder, said that because all men are created equal, democracy "requires equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political." With particular relevance to our present plight, Franklin D. Roosevelt declared, "We have always known...