...proclamation, "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists." This is followed by his Miltonian sentiment, "If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve...undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinions may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it." This is, in effect, a sequel for...

...are all Federalists. If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to challenge its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as...opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free." He then restated his political principles in centrist terms: neutrality abroad, the freedom of religion...

...difference of principle," Jefferson cautioned in a statement calculated to reach out to moderates. "We are all Republicans: We are all Federalists. If...among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to challenge its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error...

...gesture of conciliation, famously stating, "Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the...principle. We are all republicans; we are all federalists." However, as various historians have noted, Jefferson did not intend to suggest that Federalist views...

...Jefferson says in the second paragraph, "But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the...principle. We are all republicans: we are all federalists." Ellis among others downplays the conciliatory significance of this statement by stressing that Jefferson...

...American political debate: "Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle," he maintained. "We have called by different names brethren of the...same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists."222 It has been demonstrated that this was not merely a rhetorical unification as is customary...

...partisan election in 1800, "every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have been called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists." We should not expect that simply by examining issues in light of the First Principles and our history...

...was in this setting that he stated: "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."15 This mingling of the two parties appropriately has received the attention of historians,...

...political moderation: "every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. . . . We have all called by different names brethren of the same principle....We are all republicans - we are all federalists." The demise of the Federalists ushered in the so-called Era of Good Feelings and appeared to restore...