The first farmer was the first man. All historic nobility rests on

The first farmer was the first man. All historic nobility rests on the possession and use of land. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Whenever 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

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The great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms, and grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country. – William Jennings Bryan

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Farmers only worry during the growing season, but towns people worry all the time. – Edward W. Howe

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It is thus with farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work. – Cato The Elder

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