January 9, 2012 · 1 min
The Earth-for-All Calendar: January 9 — Jefferson
The earth belongs always to the living generation; they may manage it, then, and what proceeds from it, as they please, during their usufruct.
— THOMAS JEFFERSON, Works (Washington’s Edition), III., 106.
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