No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and...

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow...

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not...

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my...

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my...

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show...

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the...

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the...

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he...

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he...

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which...

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which...

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous...

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road...

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road...