"Jefferson attached great importance to the idea of democratic autonomy and emphasized the need to prevent the tyranny of personal dictatorship. In order to prevent tyranny, people's autonomy must be regarded as the basis and guarantee of representative system. People's autonomy should be based on individual autonomy. The first principle of personal autonomy is personal freedom, that is, individuals decide and manage themselves by their own will. "

Thomas Jefferson attached great importance to the value of education. He tried to transform William and Mary College into a state university for many years, but finally failed. In his view, education is a means to prevent tyranny, maintain and consolidate republicanism experiment and make it powerful. However, he couldn't find a patriot who cultivated Republican ideas in Virginia, and he couldn't find a university that was not restricted by sects and fully taught all useful subjects.