♦ nivek ♦ Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 "Agriculture, manufacturers, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are then most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President December 8, 1801 Source: in his first annual message to Congress http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Thomas.Jefferson.Quote.C91F "The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body. It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President Source: Notes on Virginia Q.XIX, 1782. ME 2:230 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Thomas.Jefferson.Quote.4097 "It is unfortunate, that the efforts of mankind to recover the freedom of which they have been so long deprived, will be accompanied with violence, with errors, & even with crimes. But while we weep over the means, we must pray for the end." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President Source: Thomas Jefferson to F. D. Ivernois, February 6, 1795 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Thomas.Jefferson.Quote.33AA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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