One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may...

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

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

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

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but...

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party...

I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party...

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government

Power is not alluring to pure minds

Power is not alluring to pure minds

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

The Creator would indeed have been a bungling artist had he intended man for a...

The Creator would indeed have been a bungling artist had he intended man for a...

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.