"The future inhabitants of [both] the Atlantic..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson

The future inhabitants of [both] the Atlantic and Mississippi states will be our sons. We think we see their happiness in their union, and we wish it. Events may prove otherwise; and if they see their interest in separating why should we take sides? God bless them both, and keep them in union if it be for their good, but separate them if it be better.
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“The right of self-government does not comprehend the government of others.”
— Thomas Jefferson
“The soil is the gift of God to the living.”
— Thomas Jefferson
“The bulk of mankind are schoolboys through life.”
— Thomas Jefferson

More on National Unity

“I am much nearer to creating one nation than Labour will ever be. Socialism is two nations. The privileged rulers, and everyone else. And it always gets to that. What I am desperately trying to do is create one nation with everyone being a man of property, or having the opportunity to be a man of property.”
— Margaret Thatcher
“America is a strong and resilient country. And I know we will succeed, if we put aside partisanship and politics and work together as one nation.”
— Barack Obama
“We remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America.”
— Barack Obama

More on Future

“A friend is Janus-faced: he looks to the past and the future. He is the child of all my foregoing hours, the prophet of those to come, and the harbinger of a greater friend.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“What the future holds for you depends on your state of consciousness now.”
— Eckhart Tolle
“I believe it to be perfectly possible for an individual to adopt the way of life of the future. . . without having to wait for others to do so.”
— Mahatma Gandhi