Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. – Thomas Jefferson
The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. – Thomas Jefferson
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it. – Thomas Jefferson
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