Thursday, May 31, 2007

Reflections on Gardening and Politics

And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.

- Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels

"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth,no culture comparable to that of the garden ... But though an old man, I am but a young gardener."

- Thomas Jefferson

"The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture."

- Thomas Jefferson

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