--- title: "24 Degrees Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "24 Degrees quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Degrees sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/thomas-jefferson-43_certain_the-protection-of-our-citizens-the-spiri_3178544.jpg" --- > [The protection of our citizens, the spirit and honor of our country, require that force should be interposed to a certain degree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-protection-of-our-citizens-the-spirit-and-honor-of-our-country/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/thomas-jefferson-43_certain_the-protection-of-our-citizens-the-spiri_3178544.jpg) > [Government is being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when it is wrong, ought to be respected to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/government-is-being-founded-on-opinion-the-opinion-of-the-public-even/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/thomas-jefferson-43_certain_government-is-being-founded-on-opinion-t_2251971.jpg) > [If we are made in some degree for others, yet in a greater are we made for ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/if-we-are-made-in-some-degree-for-others-yet-in-a-greater-are-we-made/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/thomas-jefferson-43_degrees_if-we-are-made-in-some-degree-for-others_860768.jpg) > [The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree of happiness possible to the general mass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-only-orthodox-object-of-the-institution-of-government-is-to/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/thomas-jefferson-43_degrees_the-only-orthodox-object-of-the-institut_1227033.jpg) > [The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-moral-sense-or-conscience-is-as-much-part-of-a-man-as-his-leg-or/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/thomas-jefferson-43_arms_the-moral-sense-or-conscience-is-as-much_2996399.jpg) > [The people of every country are the only safe guardians of their own rights, and are the only instruments which can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-people-of-every-country-are-the-only-safe-guardians-of-their-own-2/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/thomas-jefferson-43_certain_the-people-of-every-country-are-the-only_2477411.jpg) > [Above all things I hope the education of the common people will be attended to; convinced that on their good sense we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/above-all-things-i-hope-the-education-of-the-common-people-will-be/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/thomas-jefferson-43_all-things_above-all-things-i-hope-the-education-of_2773247.jpg) > [ It is a problem, not clear in my mind, that \[a society without government, as among our Indians\] is not the best.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-a-problem-not-clear-in-my-mind-that-a-society-without/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/thomas-jefferson-43_believe_it-is-a-problem-not-clear-in-my-mind-tha_1271770.jpg) > [Convinced that the people are the only safe depositories of their own liberty, and that they are not safe unless enlightened to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/convinced-that-the-people-are-the-only-safe-depositories-of-their-own/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/thomas-jefferson-43_certain_convinced-that-the-people-are-the-only-s_2338970.jpg) > [I deplore with you the putrid state into which our newspapers have passed, and the malignity, the vulgarity, and mendacious spirit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-deplore-with-you-the-putrid-state-into-which-our-newspapers-have/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/936/thomas-jefferson-43_degrees_i-deplore-with-you-the-putrid-state-into_698005.jpg) > [It is an axiom in my mind that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-an-axiom-in-my-mind-that-our-liberty-can-never-be-safe-but-in/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/thomas-jefferson-43_certain_it-is-an-axiom-in-my-mind-that-our-liber_146606.jpg) > [A country whose buildings are of wood, can never increase in its improvements to any considerable degree… Whereas when buildings are of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-country-whose-buildings-are-of-wood-can-never-increase-in-its/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/thomas-jefferson-43_acquisition_a-country-whose-buildings-are-of-wood-ca_574217.jpg) > [I hope the necessity will at length be seen of establishing institutions, here as in Europe, where every branch of science, useful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-hope-the-necessity-will-at-length-be-seen-of-establishing/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f46/thomas-jefferson-43_branches_i-hope-the-necessity-will-at-length-be-s_817137.jpg) > [It be urged that the wild and uncultivated tree, hitherto yielding sour and bitter fruit only, can never be made to yield…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-be-urged-that-the-wild-and-uncultivated-tree-hitherto-yielding/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/776/thomas-jefferson-43_art_it-be-urged-that-the-wild-and-uncultivat_2820958.jpg) > [A government regulating itself by what is wise and just for the many, uninfluenced by the local and selfish views of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-government-regulating-itself-by-what-is-wise-and-just-for-the-many/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/thomas-jefferson-43_affair_a-government-regulating-itself-by-what-i_2908890.jpg) > [Societies exist under three forms sufficiently distinguishable. 1. Without government, as among our Indians. 2. Under governments wherein the will of every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/societies-exist-under-three-forms-sufficiently-distinguishable-1/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/thomas-jefferson-43_cases_societies-exist-under-three-forms-suffic_1880239.jpg) > [I am convinced that those societies (such as the Native American peoples) which live without government enjoy in their general mass an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-am-convinced-that-those-societies-such-as-the-native-american/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87f/thomas-jefferson-43_class_i-am-convinced-that-those-societies-such_747404.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) > [The late rebellion in Massachusetts has given more alarm than I think it should have done. Calculate that one rebellion in thirteen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-late-rebellion-in-massachusetts-has-given-more-alarm-than-i-think/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/053/thomas-jefferson-43_alarms_the-late-rebellion-in-massachusetts-has_1296861.jpg) > [But whatever be their degree of talent it is no measure of their rights. Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/but-whatever-be-their-degree-of-talent-it-is-no-measure-of-their/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cd/thomas-jefferson-43_color_but-whatever-be-their-degree-of-talent-i_49521.jpg) > [If we are made in some degree for others, yet in a greater are we made for ourselves. It were contrary to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/if-we-are-made-in-some-degree-for-others-yet-in-a-greater-are-we-made-2/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/thomas-jefferson-43_bill-of-rights_if-we-are-made-in-some-degree-for-others_2783885.jpg) > [I do most anxiously wish to see the highest degrees of education given to the higher degrees of genius and to all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-do-most-anxiously-wish-to-see-the-highest-degrees-of-education/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/thomas-jefferson-43_degrees_i-do-most-anxiously-wish-to-see-the-high_1538639.jpg) > [And say, finally, whether peace is best preserved by giving energy to the government or information to the people. This last is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/and-say-finally-whether-peace-is-best-preserved-by-giving-energy-to/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3c/thomas-jefferson-43_convince_and-say-finally-whether-peace-is-best-pr_3216602.jpg) > [Man was destined for society. His morality, therefore, was to be formed to this object. He was endowed with a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/man-was-destined-for-society-his-morality-therefore-was-to-be-formed/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/thomas-jefferson-43_action_man-was-destined-for-society-his-moralit_570701.jpg) ## Other authors on Degrees ## 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/degrees/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "24 Degrees Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The protection of our citizens, the spirit and honor of our country, 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