"The greatest service which can be rendered..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture. --The Fruit Hunters
More by Thomas Jefferson
“In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness insensibly open, cultivate and improve.”
“Men possessing minds of the first order and who have had opportunities of being known and of acquiring the general confidence do not abound in any country beyond the wants of the country.”
“My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.”
More on Agriculture
“The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.”
“To lift farm drudgery off flesh and blood and lay it on steel and motors has been my most constant ambition”
“I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as long as there shall be vacant lands in any part of America. When they get piled upon one another in large cities as in Europe, they will become corrupt as in Europe.”
More on Innovation
“The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.”
“The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld.”
“She would say, "Someone should invent something to do with things you cannot use anymore but that you still cannot throw out.”