#mer

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#commerce #friendship #honest #nations #none

If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry, you'll probably get beaten up. But poetry is a really strong, beautiful form to me, and a lot of innovation in language comes from poetry. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#bar #beaten #beautiful #comes #even

The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure. ↗

— Valerie Jarrett

#american worker #areas #care #create #crucial

I was a drummer and I played the guitar. ↗

— Jam Master Jay

#guitar #i #played

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#alliance #commerce #motto #nations #none

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#constitute #country #does #draw #gains

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#book #books #capital #case #constitute

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#civilized nations #commerce #money #morality #nations

This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ↗

— Jim Jeffords

#american #american people #bush #bush administration #chasm

What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade. ↗

— Gertrude Jekyll

#beauty #earlier #ever #fade #fresh