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Quotation from Second Inaugural Address by Thomas Jefferson
“On taking this station on a former occasion I declared the principles on which I believed it my duty to administer the affairs of our Commonwealth”
Second Inaugural Address, Inaugural address, second paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938)
Jefferson recalls his first inaugural as a declaration of principles against which his first term may be judged.
Citation: "On taking this station on a former occasion I declared the principles on which I believed it my duty to administer the affairs of our Commonwealth" — Thomas Jefferson, Second Inaugural Address, Inaugural address, second paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id jefferson-second-inaugural-address-q4)
