The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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

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