"The steady character of our countrymen is a
rock to which we may safely moor; and notwithstanding the efforts of the papers
to disseminate early discontents, I expect that a just, dispassionate and
steady conduct, will at length rally to a proper system the great body of our
country. Unequivocal in principle, reasonable in manner, we shall be able I
hope to do a great deal of good to the cause of freedom & harmony."
--Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry, 1801
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