"Agriculture is the foundation of civilization and any stable economy." - Allan Savory
"The good old times return when we lodge in the fields." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Farming is the most healthful, most useful, and most noble employment of man." - George Washington
"To be a successful farmer, one must first know the nature of the soil." - Xenophon
"Agriculture is our wisest pursuit because it will, in the end, contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness." - Thomas Jefferson
"The farmer works the soil. The agriculturist works the farmer." - Eugene F. Ware
"Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own." - Samuel Johnson
"The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings." - Masanobu Fukuoka
"The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread." - John Stuart Mill