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

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

We don't come here [Canada] for our health. We can think of other ways of...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

Delay is preferable to error.

Delay is preferable to error.

Taste cannot be controlled by law

Taste cannot be controlled by law

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his...

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his...

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show...

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing...

It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of...

It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of...

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.