"The order of nature [is] that individual..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“I never before knew the full value of trees....What would I not give that the trees planted nearest round the house at Monticello were full grown.”

“A system of general instruction, which shall reach every description of our citizens, from the richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so will it be the latest, of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take an interest.”

“The declaration of rights [Bill of Rights] is, like all other human blessings, alloyed with some inconveniences and not accomplishing fully its object. But the good in this instance vastly outweighs the evil.”

“Every joy is beyond all others.”

“If any form of government is capable of making a nation happy, ours I think bids fair now for producing that effect. But after all much depends upon the people who are governed.”

“The pleasure of life is according to the man that lives it, and not according to the work or place.”

“Unselfishness is more paying, only people have not the patience to practice it.”

“Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.”

“Human nature is disposed to do good.”