A country whose buildings are of wood, can never increase in its improvements to any considerable degree.... Whereas when buildings are of durable materials, every new edifice is an actual and permanent acquisition to the state, adding to its value as well as to its ornament.
Thomas JeffersonThe man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.
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 JeffersonTo unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse.
Thomas Jefferson