...cheese?" asked Margaret. "Mister Jefferson belongs to us all, ma'am," replied Extra Billy. " 'Í support the State governments in all their rights, as the...surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies.' First inaugural." It took only moments for Patrick Lewis and the Fox News van to descend on the Civil...

...as his statements in his first inaugural address confirmed. Here, on the one hand, he affirmed his "support of the state governments in all their rights,...competent administrations for our domestic concerns, & the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies." On the other hand, he argued for "the preservation...

...theme in political thought. For example, in his first inaugural address Jefferson could again plead for "the support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent 10. Calhoun to Boiling Hall, April 3, 1832, Papers, 11:565; Robert E. Shalhope, "Thomas Jefferson's...

...men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none;...tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in all its constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad. Before returning...

...the sentiments of the people and to govern accordingly. In Thomas Jefferson's words, the States are "the most competent administrations for our domestic...surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies." (f) The nature of our constitutional system encourages a healthy diversity in the public policies by...

...their meddlesome course, and the Union must be destroyed. This would be a most disastrous event. [53] "The support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administration for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks [54] against anti-republican tendencies;...

...tendencies," but he also honored and staunchly defended "the preservation of the general government in its constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad." Rights and liberties fought for in the American Revolution, and freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of...

...was closer to the people and therefore the proper center of domestic political power. He offered his ...support of the state governments in all their rights,...surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies. But there is still one more thing, the most important. Libertarian government more than any other will...

...also more ephemeral: the analogy to an anchor. In Jefferson's first inaugural (1801), he pointed to "the preservation of the general government in its...vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home," a formulation so logical in the age of sail that anti-Jeffersonian Federalists promptly adopted it....

...[2] peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; [3|the support of the State governments in all their rights,...the most competent administrations for our domestic concern and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; [4] the preservation of the General...