Thomas Jefferson
The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body. It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.
Comment: This quote was written in the late 1700's (1782) by Thomas Jefferson, drafter of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States of American, and integral Founding Father of our nation. We need to remember our history and the fact that Jefferson was a plantation owner and planter. Land owners were foundation of the republic - they had something at stake, their property, while landless tenants and laborers in the cities of our young nation were generally poor, uneducated, and contributed little (based on the perspective of the day) to that of an agrarian nation.
Comment: This quote was written in the late 1700's (1782) by Thomas Jefferson, drafter of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States of American, and integral Founding Father of our nation. We need to remember our history and the fact that Jefferson was a plantation owner and planter. Land owners were foundation of the republic - they had something at stake, their property, while landless tenants and laborers in the cities of our young nation were generally poor, uneducated, and contributed little (based on the perspective of the day) to that of an agrarian nation.
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