Read the speech. excerpt from thomas jefferson’s first inaugural address thomas jefferson delivered this speech on march 4, 1801. at that time, the two major political parties in the united states were the federalists and the republicans. but 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. if there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. i know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican government can not be strong, that this government is not strong enough; but would the honest patriot, in the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us free and firm on the theoretic and visionary fear that this government, the world’s best hope, may by possibility want energy to preserve itself? i trust not. i believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth. i believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal let us, then, with courage and confidence pursue our own federal and republican principles, our attachment to union and representative still one thing more, fellow-citizens—a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. this is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities. part a jefferson was elected in 1800; the country was still new and many people feared the government was too weak to survive. how does jefferson respond to those fears? a. he argues that the american government is, in fact, the strongest possible form of government. b. he claims that the government cannot be weak as long as its people are strong. c. he acknowledges that the government is still an experiment that some people may want to end. d. he reminds the audience of the great effort it took to form the government and encourages them not to give up hope. part b how does jefferson use the language of the speech to enhance and support the viewpoint expressed in part a? a. jefferson uses strong verbs to describe the struggle that he and other founders went through to formulate a government for america. b. he uses rhetorical questions to encourage the audience to consider how they would respond if the country were under attack. c. he uses repetition to reinforce his argument that the american people are strong. d. he paints a verbal picture of the country as a place where every man responds to public issues as if they are deeply personal concerns.