...he argued that government should be limited in extent and that state governments should be supported in all their rights, "as the most competent administrations...concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies."11 But should these apparently clear propositions be taken at full face value? There are,...

...our guests, as well. On March 4, 1801, in his first inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson called for "the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrators for our domestic concerns." On March 22, 1995, President Clinton joined this Congress...

...take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. . . . Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none....domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti- republican tendencies. . . . A well disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the...

...discern the sentiments of the people and to govern accordingly. In Jefferson's words, the states are "the most competent administrations for our domestic...surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies." 6. The nature of our constitutional system encourages a healthy diversity in the public policies adopted...

...regulatory activity. In Thomas Jefferson's words, the States are "the most competent administrators for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies." The constitutional relationship among the sovereign governments, State and national, is formalized in and...

...Southern grass-roots democrat. Owsley selectively quoted from Jefferson's first inaugural of 1801, 'The support of the State governments in all their...administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwark against anti-republican tendencies,' but omitted the lines immediately following: 'The preservation...

...the sentiments of the people, and to govern accordingly. In Thomas Jeffersons words, the States are "the most competent administrations for our domestic...surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies." (0 The nature of our Constitutional system encourages a healthy diversity in the public policies adopted...

...republics." Thus he summed up the argument in favor of adhering to the General Government and preserving it: "The preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor as the sheet-anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right or election by the...

...understanding of federalism linked to his more fundamental view of the antagonism between power and liberty? domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against...as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad."13 Here, as in the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson succeeded in putting into clear and...

..."Later in his first inaugural he said, '. . .1 deem the essential principles of our government, . . .the support of the state governments in all their...surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; . . . economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened; . . .the honest payment of...