We have no paupers ... The great mass of our [United States] population is of laborers; our rich, who can live without… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is notorious that, whenever the demand for labor is much greater than the supply, or the wages of labor are much… — Edmund Ruffin Copy Share Image
I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have. — Nathan Bedford Forrest Copy Share Image
![“We have no paupers ... The great mass of our [United States] population is of laborers; our rich, who can live without labor, either manual or professional, being few, and of moderate wealth. Most of the laboring class possess property, cultivate their own lands, have families, and from the demand…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d26/thomas-jefferson-43_class_we-have-no-paupers-the-great-mass-of-our_389092.jpg)
