...their own pursuits of industry and improvement." He called for "peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none;...administrations for our domestic concerns," and "the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our...

...the county courthouse to attend the hearing, they walked under an inscription by Thomas Jefferson: "Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political." Because it attracted more than fifty spectators, Judge Powers moved the hearing to a larger courtroom....

...principles of government without speaking of their exceptions. The principles were the following: 1. Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political: 2. peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none: 3 . the...

...same time they each will be controlled by itself."3 Or in Thomas Jefferson's words, the states are "the most competent administrations for our domestic...concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies."4 Thus, most of the federal government's "few and defined" powers are enumerated in Article...

...Philadelphia Convention sat in 1787, and his first inaugural address as president included a call for "the support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrators for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies."...

...within the narrowest compass they will bear, stating the general principle, but not all its limitations. Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state...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 of election...

...mandate to make the presidency more democratic and more subordinate to Congress, and he celebrated "the state governments in all their rights, as the...surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies." Jefferson made the president look like a democrat. He jettisoned the presidential coach and rode his...