“The idea is that our constitutional system is a machine that will go of itself.”
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Peaceful Transfer of Power
Peaceful Transfer of Power
"I'm a little concerned to think that this, our happy republic, has a federal bureau of police."
— Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
"I would never have descended to endorse or repudiate any candidate anywhere in a state."
— Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
"The more compromise we can find, and the more civility and harmony between us, the likelier we are to prevail as a great nation."
— Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
"I was willing to use a kind of incendiary rhetoric from time to time."
— Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson