I set out on this ground which I suppose to be self-evident, that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living.... We seem not to perceive that, by the law of nature, one generation is to another as one independent nation is to another.... The earth belongs always to the living generations.


Memoirs, Correspondence and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Late President of the United States (ed. 1829)

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

I set out on this ground which I suppose to be self-evident, that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living.... We seem not to perceive that, by...

I set out on this ground which I suppose to be self-evident, that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living.... We seem not to perceive that, by...

I set out on this ground which I suppose to be self-evident, that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living.... We seem not to perceive that, by...

I set out on this ground which I suppose to be self-evident, that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living.... We seem not to perceive that, by...