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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Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want...

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want...

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Taste cannot be controlled by law

Taste cannot be controlled by law

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

It is not by consolidation, or concentration of powers, but by their distribution, that good...

It is not by consolidation, or concentration of powers, but by their distribution, that good...

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a...

The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a...

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...

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a...

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as they are injurious to...

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as they are injurious to...

I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing...

I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing...

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything...

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything...