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County Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- 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…
- There are two subjects, indeed, which I shall claim a right to further as long as I breathe: the public education, and the sub-division of…
- 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…
- I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library in every county,…
- I... [proposed] three distinct grades of education, reaching all classes. 1. Elementary schools for all children generally, rich and poor. 2. Colleges for a middle…
- I have indeed two great measures at heart, without which no republic can maintain itself in strength: 1. That of general education, to enable every…
- I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library in every county,…
More County Quotes
- There is a large body of abolitionists in Clinton and Clark Counties in this state, and in Wayne County Indiana, that would… — Gamaliel Bailey
- My natural instinct after doing something shameful is not to rush into the street boasting about it but to put on dark… — Russell Baker
- I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit. — Travis Barker
- In my native Boulder County, Colorado, the fracking fanatics are out in force. They are marching door-to-door, petitions and mythology in hand,… — Bob Beauprez
- Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the… — Jello Biafra
- And I just think that we're at a point in our economic life here in our state - and - and, candidly,… — Chris Christie
- This is a win for the 4-year-olds who require pre-K, the low-wealth counties that need assistance with school construction and the disadvantaged… — Dominique Easley
- The vision of an ag park set forth in the BioCrossroads report includes livestock, ... In addition, the vision of an ag… — Thurman Munson
- When we were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow Park we saw a few daffodils close to the waterside. But as we went… — Dorothy Wordsworth
- It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and… — J. William Fulbright
- The seasons don't matter to most of us anymore except as spectacles. In my county and in many places around this part… — Bill McKibben
- The actual flower is the plant's highest fulfilment, and are not here exclusively for herbaria, county floras and plant geography: they are… — John Ruskin