While the farmer holds the title to the land, actually, it belongs to …

Thomas Jefferson
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While the farmer holds the title to the land, actually, it belongs to all the people because civilization itself rests upon the soil. ✨ The Des Moines Register Newspaper, July 8, 1979.
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