| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1187 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Jefferson (17431826) |
| QUOTATION: | We must train and classify the whole of our male citizens, and make military instruction a regular part of collegiate education. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to James Monroe, June 18, 1813.The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Andrew A. Lipscomb, vol. 13, p. 261 (1903). |
| SUBJECTS: | Military service |
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