The difficulty is no longer to find candidates for the offices, but offices for the candidates.
Thomas JeffersonAgriculture is at the same time the most tranquil, healthy, and independent occupation.
Thomas JeffersonNo occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.
Thomas JeffersonCultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bands.
Thomas JeffersonTo take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father's has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association-the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.
Thomas Jefferson