On March 14th, Thomas Jefferson gave his First Inaugural Address, in it he says;
- He coveys that he is humbled by the fact that he was chosen to be president and he is unsure of how good he will be, but that by the people's help he will do good
- He will make errors sometimes, and that people shouldn't think that he does them intentionally
- He wants to be instrumental in giving all people the freedoms they deserve
- That he will abide by the laws and help enforce them from the Constitution
- He asks the citizens to unite together as one nation
- He says that the citizens of this country have the right to have different opinions on their governments
- He conveys the meaning of losing the attachments of British values that they once had, and making new values based on their like-minded ideals of unity and republicanism when he says "Republican principles, our attachment to union... Kindly separated by nature and a wide ocean from the [other] quarter of the globe"
- He then goes on to say that he will ensure and protect the following rights of people:
- "Equal and exact justice to all men"
- peaceful relations with all nations
- foreign isolation
- Election by the people (majority)
- freedom of religion
- a disciplined militia
- increase in trade and commerce
- freedom of the press
- trail by jury
- protection under habeas corpus
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