--- title: "9 Dues Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "9 Dues quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Dues sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/thomas-jefferson-43_art_let-those-flatter-who-fear-it-is-not-an_2159283.jpg" --- > [Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art. To give praise where it is not due, might be well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/let-those-flatter-who-fear-it-is-not-an-american-art-to-give-praise/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/thomas-jefferson-43_art_let-those-flatter-who-fear-it-is-not-an_2159283.jpg) > [ The reward of esteem, respect and gratitude \[is\] due to those who devote their time and efforts to render the youths of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-reward-of-esteem-respect-and-gratitude-is-due-to-those-who-devote/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eea/thomas-jefferson-43_age_the-reward-of-esteem-respect-and-gratitu_1467230.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) > [There is a debt of service due from every man to his country, proportioned to the bounties which nature and fortune have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/there-is-a-debt-of-service-due-from-every-man-to-his-country/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/thomas-jefferson-43_bounty_there-is-a-debt-of-service-due-from-ever_1170553.jpg) > [If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/if-a-due-participation-of-office-is-a-matter-of-right-how-are/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/thomas-jefferson-43_death_if-a-due-participation-of-office-is-a-ma_2911572.jpg) > [It is not to the moderation and justice of others we are to trust for fair and equal access to market with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-not-to-the-moderation-and-justice-of-others-we-are-to-trust-for/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/thomas-jefferson-43_access_it-is-not-to-the-moderation-and-justice_2656795.jpg) > [War has been avoided from a due sense of the miseries, and the demoralization it produces, and of the superior blessings of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/war-has-been-avoided-from-a-due-sense-of-the-miseries-and-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/thomas-jefferson-43_avoided_war-has-been-avoided-from-a-due-sense-of_2433602.jpg) > [ I acknowledge that such a debt \[of service to my fellow-citizens\] exists, that a tour of duty in whatever line he can… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-acknowledge-that-such-a-debt-of-service-to-my-fellow-citizens/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/thomas-jefferson-43_acknowledge_i-acknowledge-that-such-a-debt-of-servic_2508145.jpg) > [The spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless... From the conclusion of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-spirit-of-the-times-may-alter-will-alter-our-rulers-will-become/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/thomas-jefferson-43_careless_the-spirit-of-the-times-may-alter-will-a_477748.jpg) ## Other authors on Dues ## 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/dues/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "9 Dues Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art. 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