Legislators invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human mind.
Thomas JeffersonThat peace, safety, and concord may be the portion of our native land, and be long enjoyed by our fellow-citizens, is the most ardent wish of my heart, and if I can be instrumental in procuring or preserving them, I shall think I have not lived in vain.
Thomas JeffersonMy general plan would be to make the States one as to everything connected with foreign nations and several as to everything purely domestic.
Thomas Jefferson