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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Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more...

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more...

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than...

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than...

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

No man will ever bring out of the presidency the reputation which carries him into...

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their...

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right...

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right...

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave the consequences to Him who...

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

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

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one...

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government.

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government.

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a...

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a...

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...