Thomas Jefferson also believed in order to vote, one should own land and pay taxes. He so strongly believed in it, that this belief was written into the Constitution. In order for the Constitution to be radified,signed and passed, that clause had to be removed. Yes we have a great nation. But think about how that would have made this nation so much greater, if that clause had not been deleted. Think about it, there would most likely not be this whole intitlement mind set, and we would not be in the trouble we are in.