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Thomas Jefferson Quotes about Labor

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No man will labor for himself who can make another labor for him.

No man will labor for himself who can make another labor for him.

Thomas Jefferson “Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson”, Lulu.com

In Europe the object is to make the most of their land, labour being abundant: here it is to make the most of our labour, land being abundant.

Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). “The Essential Jefferson”, p.91, Hackett Publishing