“The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.”

— Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Wayles Eppes (24 June 1813)

About Thomas Jefferson

1743 – 1826

American statesman, principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States.

“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.”

“I steer my bark with Hope in the head, leaving Fear astern.”

“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.”

“No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle.”

“A living dog is better than a dead lion.”

“The life of the dead is in the memory of the living.”

“A useless life is an early death.”

“Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.”

“Anything dead coming back to life hurts.”