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Quotation from First Inaugural Address (Jefferson) by Thomas Jefferson
“But 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 are all Federalists.”
First Inaugural Address (Jefferson), Paragraph 2 (Avalon Project transcription)
The address's most famous lines, addressed to both parties after the election.
Citation: "But 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 are all Federalists." — Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address (Jefferson), Paragraph 2 (Avalon Project transcription). (id jefferson-first-inaugural-address-q2)
Portrait: Rembrandt Peale - Thomas Jefferson, Rembrandt Peale, Public domain.
