On a hot day in Virginia, I know nothing more comforting than a fine spiced pickle, brought up trout-like from the sparkling depths of the aromatic jar below the stairs of Aunt Sally's cellar.
Thomas JeffersonEvery man is under the natural duty of contributing to the necessities of the society; and this is all the laws should enforce on him.
Thomas Jeffersonfor the present we may groupe the sciences into Professorships as follows, subject however to be changed according to the qualifications of the persons we may be able to engage.
Thomas JeffersonThe dominion which the banking institutions have obtained over the minds of our citizens...must be broken, or it will break us.
Thomas JeffersonWhenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. The earth is given as a common stock for man to labor and live on. The small landowners are the most precious part of a state
Thomas Jefferson