...and Federalists were unified. "Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all republicans — we areall federalists."10 In a commentary on Jefferson's inaugural address, Harry Jaffa writes that "party...

...pledged that his would not be an administration of intolerance and persecution, for while "We have called by different names brethren of the same principle[,] We are all republicans—we are all federalists." Having not capitalized the words "republicans" and "federalists,"...

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...difference of principle. . . . We are all republicans— we are all federalists." Jefferson added, "If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve...opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it." Noting that the nation was "in the full tide of successful experiment," he conceded...

...pardoned the men convicted under that law. In his first inaugural address, Jefferson eloquently argued: "If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve...opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it." This defense of public debate also implicitly legitimized political parties, which depended...

...Virginia bill establishing religious freedom, reiterated the point in his first inaugural address: If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve...opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. (Quoted in Rogge 1960: 25) In no uncertain terms, these Founders were saying that dissent...