Thomas Jefferson Quote

I know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican government can not be strong, that this Government is not strong enough; but would the honest patriot, in the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us free and firm on the theoretic and visionary fear that this Government, the world's best hope, may by possibility want energy to preserve itself? I trust not.


First Inaugural Address (1801)


I know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican government can not be strong, that this Government is not strong enough; but would the...

I know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican government can not be strong, that this Government is not strong enough; but would the...

I know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican government can not be strong, that this Government is not strong enough; but would the...

I know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican government can not be strong, that this Government is not strong enough; but would the...