Wisdom From the Agrarians: A Quote Special

Where men rush and yearn.

Men rush towards complexity; but they yearn towards simplicity. They try to be kings, but they dream of being shepherds.

G.K. Chesterton, The Moral of Stevenson

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I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural. . .

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.

Thomas Jefferson