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title: "54 Earth Quotes By Thomas Jefferson"
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> [The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-earth-belongs-to-the-living-not-to-the-dead/)

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> [Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/cultivators-of-the-earth-are-the-most-virtuous-and-independent/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/those-who-labor-in-the-earth-are-the-chosen-people-of-god/)

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> [“The earth belongs always to the living generations.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-earth-belongs-always-to-the-living-generations/)

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> [When earth is rich it bids defiance to droughts, yields in abundance and of the best quality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/when-earth-is-rich-it-bids-defiance-to-droughts-yields-in-abundance/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/nothing-on-earth-can-help-the-man-with-the-wrong-mental-attitude/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The Earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-earth-is-given-as-a-common-for-men-to-labor-and-live-in/)

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> [Our attachment to no nation on earth should supplant our attachment to liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/our-attachment-to-no-nation-on-earth-should-supplant-our-attachment/)

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> [Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/still-less-let-it-be-proposed-that-our-properties-within-our-own-2/)

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> [No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/no-occupation-is-so-delightful-to-me-as-the-culture-of-the-earth-and/)

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> [Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen, people, whose breasts he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/those-who-labour-in-the-earth-are-the-chosen-people-of-god-if-ever-he/)

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> [The liberty of the whole earth was depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-liberty-of-the-whole-earth-was-depending-on-the-issue-of-the/)

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> [In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/in-every-government-on-earth-is-some-trace-of-human-weakness-some/)

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> [No society can make a perpetual constitution... The earth belongs always to the living generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/no-society-can-make-a-perpetual-constitution-the-earth-belongs-always/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [I set out on this ground, which I suppose to be self evident, "that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living":…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-set-out-on-this-ground-which-i-suppose-to-be-self-evident-that-the/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [How soon the labor of men would make a paradise of the earth were it not for misgovernment and a diversion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/how-soon-the-labor-of-men-would-make-a-paradise-of-the-earth-were-it/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [I considered the British as our natural enemies, and as the only nation on earth who wished us ill from the bottom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-considered-the-british-as-our-natural-enemies-and-as-the-only/)

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> [Thomas Jefferson asked himself “In what country on earth would you rather live ” He first answered “Certainly in my own where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/thomas-jefferson-asked-himself-in-what-country-on-earth-would-you/)

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> [Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/give-up-money-give-up-fame-give-up-science-give-the-earth-itself-and-2/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [ What has been the effect of coericion \[sic\]? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/what-has-been-the-effect-of-coericion-sic-to-make-one-half-the-world/)

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> [Still less, let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/still-less-let-it-be-proposed-that-our-properties-within-our-own/)

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> [France, freed from that monster, Bonaparte, must again become the most agreeable country on earth. It would be the second choice of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/france-freed-from-that-monster-bonaparte-must-again-become-the-most/)

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> [Can one generation bind another, and all others, in succession forever? I think not. The Creator has made the earth for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/can-one-generation-bind-another-and-all-others-in-succession-forever/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The people are the ultimate guardians of their own liberties. In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-people-are-the-ultimate-guardians-of-their-own-liberties-in-every/)

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> [A government regulating itself by what is wise and just for the many, uninfluenced by the local and selfish views of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-government-regulating-itself-by-what-is-wise-and-just-for-the-many/)

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> [When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/when-in-the-course-of-human-events-it-becomes-necessary-for-one-2/)

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> [It is well known, that on the Ohio, and in many parts of America further north, tusks, grinders, and skeletons of unparalleled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-well-known-that-on-the-ohio-and-in-many-parts-of-america/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [It has also been a great solace to me, to believe that you are engaged in vindicating to posterity the course we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-has-also-been-a-great-solace-to-me-to-believe-that-you-are-engaged/)

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> [The earth belongs to the living. No man can, by natural right, oblige the lands he occupied or the persons who succeed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-earth-belongs-to-the-living-no-man-can-by-natural-right-oblige/)

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> [Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/give-up-money-give-up-fame-give-up-science-give-the-earth-itself-and/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [I hope we shall prove how much happier for man the Quaker policy is, and that the life of the feeder is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-hope-we-shall-prove-how-much-happier-for-man-the-quaker-policy-is/)

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> [I have often thought that if heaven had given me choice of my position and calling, it should have been on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-have-often-thought-that-if-heaven-had-given-me-choice-of-my-2/)

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> [A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-single-good-government-is-a-blessing-to-the-whole-earth/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his calling; for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/let-the-farmer-forevermore-be-honored-in-his-calling-for-they-who/)

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> [ What has been the effect of \[religious\] coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/what-has-been-the-effect-of-religious-coercion-to-make-one-half-the/)

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> [My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/my-god-how-little-do-my-countrymen-know-what-precious-blessings-they/)

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> [Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/give-up-money-give-up-fame-give-up-science-give-the-earth-itself-and-3/)

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> [The cement of this union is in the heart blood of every American. I do not believe there is on earth a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-cement-of-this-union-is-in-the-heart-blood-of-every-american-i-do/)

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> [ Our properties within our own territories \[should not\] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/our-properties-within-our-own-territories-should-not-be-taxed-or/)

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> [I do verily believe that a single, consolidated government would become the most corrupt government on the earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-do-verily-believe-that-a-single-consolidated-government-would/)

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## More by Thomas Jefferson

> [A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-man-has-a-right-to-use-a-saw-an-axe-a-plane-separately-may-he-not/)

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> [Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/believing-with-you-that-religion-is-a-matter-which-lies-solely/)

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> [ \[States and the Federal government are\] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/states-and-the-federal-government-are-coordinate-departments-of-one/)

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> [I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-am-for-freedom-of-religion-and-against-all-maneuvers-to-bring-about/)

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> [Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/single-acts-of-tyranny-may-be-ascribed-to-the-accidental-opinion-of-a/)

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> [“Perceiving the order of nature to be that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue, I am willing to hope it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/perceiving-the-order-of-nature-to-be-that-individual-happiness-shall/)

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> [Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/free-government-is-founded-in-jealousy-and-not-in-confidence-it-is/)

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> [Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/though-you-cannot-see-when-you-take-one-step-what-will-be-the-next/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

> [A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-well-informed-citizenry-is-the-best-defense-against-tyranny/)

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> [The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-two-principles-on-which-our-conduct-towards-the-indians-should-be/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

> [Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/knowledge-is-power-knowled-ge-is-safety-knowle-dge-is-happiness/)

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> [There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/there-is-an-artificial-aristocracy-founded-on-wealth-and-birth/)

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> [Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/nothing-but-free-argument-raillery-and-even-ridicule-will-preserve/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

> [When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/when-the-people-are-afraid-of-the-government-that-s-tyranny-but-when/)

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> [“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident-that-all-men-are-created/)

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