I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health and the …

Thomas Jefferson
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I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health and the liberties of man. True, they nourish some of the elegant arts; but the useful ones can thrive elsewhere; and less perfection in the others, with more health, virtue and freedom, would be my choice. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: 1799-1803, p.147, Cosimo, Inc.
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