Thomas Jefferson
"Agriculture, manufacturers, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are then most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise."
Comment: I used this quote before but this time let me expand on its' context. President Thomas Jefferson's first annual message to Congress on 8 December 1801 contained this quote. Once again, remember that our third President was a plantation owner, with agriculture as the basis for his income dependent on commerce (which used navigation to get products to and from buyers and consumers). Manufacturers provided the tools necessary to improve production on the farm as well as in other industries. The large plantation of that time period was nearly self-sufficient, producing almost everything it needed from the land and human labor.
Comment: I used this quote before but this time let me expand on its' context. President Thomas Jefferson's first annual message to Congress on 8 December 1801 contained this quote. Once again, remember that our third President was a plantation owner, with agriculture as the basis for his income dependent on commerce (which used navigation to get products to and from buyers and consumers). Manufacturers provided the tools necessary to improve production on the farm as well as in other industries. The large plantation of that time period was nearly self-sufficient, producing almost everything it needed from the land and human labor.
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