 | Scott L. Bills, E. Timothy Smith - 1997 - 348 pages
...inaugural address sought to dispel ideas that democracy was a weak form of government. "I know . . . that some honest men fear that a republican government...strong; that this government is not strong enough. ... I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth." Key to the nation's strength... | |
 | Gary L. McDowell, L. Sharon Noble, Sharon L. Noble - 1997 - 350 pages
...and its democratic processes.36 In his own presidential Inaugural Address in 1801, Jefferson wrote: I know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican government can not be strong, that this Government is not strong enough; ... I believe this, on the contrary,... | |
 | Stephen W. Twing - 1998 - 232 pages
...Jefferson in his first inaugural address. I know indeed that some honest men fear that a republic can not be strong, that this Government is not strong enough;...tide of successful experiment, abandon a government that has so far kept us free and firm on the theoretic and visionary fear that this government, the... | |
 | John Clay Smith - 2000 - 364 pages
...said Mr. Jefferson, which should guide the Republic; and then Jefferson went on to ask the question "Would the honest patriot, in the full tide of successful...experiment, abandon a Government which has so far kept us firm and kept us free?" It is the "stuff" of America that its citizens want to be free of government... | |
 | Richard N. Rosenfeld - 1998 - 1012 pages
...of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. I know indeed that some honest men fear that a republican government cannot be strong . . . Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he then be... | |
 | Conrad Cherry - 1998 - 428 pages
...of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. 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... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 pages
...of the safety with which error of opinion may he tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it. I know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican government cannot he strong; that this government is not strong enough. But would the honest patriot, in the full tide... | |
 | Owen Collins - 1999 - 464 pages
...of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. 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... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - 2004 - 574 pages
...confidence in the loyalty of its citizens, because they can have no rational interest in any other kind. I know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican...fear that this government, the world's best hope, may possibly want energy to preserve itself? I trust not. Jefferson's rhetorical question became anything... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - 2000 - 416 pages
...of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. 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... | |
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If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it. 
