Historical document (with author) (MLA)
MLA-72
In-text citation
In his inaugural address in 1801, Jefferson stressed the unity of the nation: “[E]very difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. . . . We are all republicans: we are all federalists” (43).
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Works cited entry
Jefferson, Thomas. First Inaugural Address. 1801. The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation, edited by Diane Ravitch, 2nd ed., William Morrow, 2000, pp. 79-82.
