--- title: "22 Land Quotes By Thomas Jefferson" description: "22 Land quotes by Thomas Jefferson. Plus more from Thomas Jefferson and more Land sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/thomas-jefferson-43_industry_a-rising-nation-spread-over-a-wide-and-f_2319747.jpg" --- > [A rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful Land, traversing all the seas with the rich production of their Industry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-rising-nation-spread-over-a-wide-and-fruitful-land-traversing-all/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/thomas-jefferson-43_industry_a-rising-nation-spread-over-a-wide-and-f_2319747.jpg) > [It may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken from the Indians without their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-may-be-regarded-as-certain-that-not-a-foot-of-land-will-ever-be/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2e/thomas-jefferson-43_certain_it-may-be-regarded-as-certain-that-not-a_994545.jpg) > [In Europe the object is to make the most of their land, labour being abundant: here it is to make the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/in-europe-the-object-is-to-make-the-most-of-their-land-labour-being/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/thomas-jefferson-43_europe_in-europe-the-object-is-to-make-the-most_3109503.jpg) > [While the farmer holds the title to the land, actually, it belongs to all the people because civilization itself rests upon the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/while-the-farmer-holds-the-title-to-the-land-actually-it-belongs-to/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/thomas-jefferson-43_civilization_while-the-farmer-holds-the-title-to-the_770553.jpg) > [The genius of architecture seems to have shed its maledictions over this land.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-genius-of-architecture-seems-to-have-shed-its-maledictions-over/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58f/thomas-jefferson-43_architecture_the-genius-of-architecture-seems-to-have_1672196.jpg) > [No man complains of his neighbor for ill management of his affairs, for an error in sowing his land, or marrying his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/no-man-complains-of-his-neighbor-for-ill-management-of-his-affairs/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/thomas-jefferson-43_affair_no-man-complains-of-his-neighbor-for-ill_1874028.jpg) > [I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-think-our-governments-will-remain-virtuous-for-many-centuries-as-2/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/thomas-jefferson-43_america_i-think-our-governments-will-remain-virt_2550830.jpg) > [That peace, safety, and concord may be the portion of our native land, and be long enjoyed by our fellow-citizens, is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/that-peace-safety-and-concord-may-be-the-portion-of-our-native-land/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/thomas-jefferson-43_ardent_that-peace-safety-and-concord-may-be-the_1323959.jpg) > [A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-community-of-small-farmers-land-property-owners-will-be-the-only/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edf/thomas-jefferson-43_assurance_a-community-of-small-farmers-land-proper_2754942.jpg) > [I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our fathers, as Israel of old,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-shall-need-too-the-favor-of-that-being-in-whose-hands-we-are-who-2/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/thomas-jefferson-43_comfort_i-shall-need-too-the-favor-of-that-being_1757054.jpg) > [It is not too soon to provide by every possible means that as few as possible shall be without a little portion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-not-too-soon-to-provide-by-every-possible-means-that-as-few-as/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/thomas-jefferson-43_economy_it-is-not-too-soon-to-provide-by-every-p_1267126.jpg) > [Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/whenever-there-are-in-any-country-uncultivated-lands-and-unemployed/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0f/thomas-jefferson-43_business_whenever-there-are-in-any-country-uncult_2657192.jpg) > [... legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property... Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/legislators-cannot-invent-too-many-devices-for-subdividing-property/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/thomas-jefferson-43_certain_legislators-cannot-invent-too-many-devic_2380216.jpg) > [In our own native land, in defense of the freedom that is our birthright and which we ever enjoyed till the late…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/in-our-own-native-land-in-defense-of-the-freedom-that-is-our/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/thomas-jefferson-43_against-violence_in-our-own-native-land-in-defense-of-the_133746.jpg) > [In every country where man is free to think and to speak, difference of opinion will arise from difference of perception, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/in-every-country-where-man-is-free-to-think-and-to-speak-difference/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/thomas-jefferson-43_arise_in-every-country-where-man-is-free-to-th_1674039.jpg) > [Born in the same land, we ought to live as brothers, doing to each other all the good we can, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/born-in-the-same-land-we-ought-to-live-as-brothers-doing-to-each/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc1/thomas-jefferson-43_anti-war_born-in-the-same-land-we-ought-to-live-a_2653654.jpg) > [Let us, then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and one mind. Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/let-us-then-fellow-citizens-unite-with-one-heart-and-one-mind-let-us/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/thomas-jefferson-43_affection_let-us-then-fellow-citizens-unite-with-o_144808.jpg) > [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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/643/thomas-jefferson-43_contracts_the-earth-belongs-to-the-living-no-man-c_1885365.jpg) > [I will now add what I do not like. First, the omission of a bill of rights providing clearly and without the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-will-now-add-what-i-do-not-like-first-the-omission-of-a-bill-of/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/thomas-jefferson-43_add_i-will-now-add-what-i-do-not-like-first_2964985.jpg) > [It is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all. It is agreed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-a-moot-question-whether-the-origin-of-any-kind-of-property-is/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/thomas-jefferson-43_acres_it-is-a-moot-question-whether-the-origin_571456.jpg) > [The suppression of unnecessary offices, of useless establishments and expenses enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes. These covering our land with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-suppression-of-unnecessary-offices-of-useless-establishments-and/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/thomas-jefferson-43_articles_the-suppression-of-unnecessary-offices-o_2460083.jpg) > [ We have no paupers ... The great mass of our \[United States\] population is of laborers; our rich, who can live without… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-have-no-paupers-the-great-mass-of-our-united-states-population-is/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d26/thomas-jefferson-43_class_we-have-no-paupers-the-great-mass-of-our_389092.jpg) ## Other authors on Land ## 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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [ \[States and the Federal government are\] 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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [“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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [“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/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/land/thomas-jefferson/#itemlist", "name": "22 Land Quotes By Thomas Jefferson", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful Land, traversing all the seas 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