--- title: "6 County Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "6 County quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more County sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/thomas-jefferson-43_cases_ministers-of-the-gospel-are-excluded-fro_628946.jpg" --- > [ Ministers of the Gospel are excluded \[from serving as Visitors of the county Elementary Schools\] to avoid jealousy from the other sects,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/ministers-of-the-gospel-are-excluded-from-serving-as-visitors-of-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/thomas-jefferson-43_cases_ministers-of-the-gospel-are-excluded-fro_628946.jpg) > [Every male citizen of the commonwealth, liable to taxes or to militia duty in any county, shall have a right to vote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/every-male-citizen-of-the-commonwealth-liable-to-taxes-or-to-militia/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/thomas-jefferson-43_citizens_every-male-citizen-of-the-commonwealth-l_1651667.jpg) > [ I... \[proposed\] three distinct grades of education, reaching all classes. 1. Elementary schools for all children generally, rich and poor. 2. Colleges… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-proposed-three-distinct-grades-of-education-reaching-all-classes-1/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/thomas-jefferson-43_children_i-proposed-three-distinct-grades-of-educ_2306767.jpg) > [I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-have-often-thought-that-nothing-would-do-more-extensive-good-at-2/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2c/thomas-jefferson-43_book_i-have-often-thought-that-nothing-would_2396796.jpg) > [I have indeed two great measures at heart, without which no republic can maintain itself in strength: 1. That of general education,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-have-indeed-two-great-measures-at-heart-without-which-no-republic/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/thomas-jefferson-43_children_i-have-indeed-two-great-measures-at-hear_2520473.jpg) > [There are two subjects, indeed, which I shall claim a right to further as long as I breathe: the public education, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/there-are-two-subjects-indeed-which-i-shall-claim-a-right-to-further/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/thomas-jefferson-43_breathe_there-are-two-subjects-indeed-which-i-sh_2800400.jpg) ## More by Thomas Jefferson > [A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-man-has-a-right-to-use-a-saw-an-axe-a-plane-separately-may-he-not/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/believing-with-you-that-religion-is-a-matter-which-lies-solely/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [ \[States and the Federal government are\] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/states-and-the-federal-government-are-coordinate-departments-of-one/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-am-for-freedom-of-religion-and-against-all-maneuvers-to-bring-about/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/single-acts-of-tyranny-may-be-ascribed-to-the-accidental-opinion-of-a/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [“Perceiving the order of nature to be that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue, I am willing to hope it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/perceiving-the-order-of-nature-to-be-that-individual-happiness-shall/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/free-government-is-founded-in-jealousy-and-not-in-confidence-it-is/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/though-you-cannot-see-when-you-take-one-step-what-will-be-the-next/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-well-informed-citizenry-is-the-best-defense-against-tyranny/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-two-principles-on-which-our-conduct-towards-the-indians-should-be/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/knowledge-is-power-knowled-ge-is-safety-knowle-dge-is-happiness/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/there-is-an-artificial-aristocracy-founded-on-wealth-and-birth/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/nothing-but-free-argument-raillery-and-even-ridicule-will-preserve/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/when-the-people-are-afraid-of-the-government-that-s-tyranny-but-when/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident-that-all-men-are-created/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/county/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "6 County Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ministers of the Gospel are excluded [from serving as Visitors of the county Elementary Schools] to avoid jealousy from the other sects, were the public education committed to the ministers of a particular one; and with more reason than in the case of their exclusion from the legislative and executive functions.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/ministers-of-the-gospel-are-excluded-from-serving-as-visitors-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/thomas-jefferson-43_cases_ministers-of-the-gospel-are-excluded-fro_628946.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/thomas-jefferson-43_cases_ministers-of-the-gospel-are-excluded-fro_628946.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/thomas-jefferson-43_cases_ministers-of-the-gospel-are-excluded-fro_628946.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ministers of the Gospel are excluded [from serving as Visitors of the county Elementary Schools] to avoid…” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every male citizen of the commonwealth, liable to taxes or to militia duty in any county, shall have a right to vote for representatives for that county to the legislature.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Jefferson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/every-male-citizen-of-the-commonwealth-liable-to-taxes-or-to-militia/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/thomas-jefferson-43_citizens_every-male-citizen-of-the-commonwealth-l_1651667.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/thomas-jefferson-43_citizens_every-male-citizen-of-the-commonwealth-l_1651667.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/thomas-jefferson-43_citizens_every-male-citizen-of-the-commonwealth-l_1651667.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every male citizen of the commonwealth, liable to taxes or to militia duty in any county, shall have a right…” — Thomas Jefferson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I... 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