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

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a...

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a...

One insult pocketed soon produces another

One insult pocketed soon produces another

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely...

Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value...

Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value...

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...

Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing,...

Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing,...

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

What has been the effect of religious coercion? To make half the world fools, and...

What has been the effect of religious coercion? To make half the world fools, and...

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...

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit...

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit...

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.

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

Let us in education dream of an aristocracy of achievement arising out of a democracy...

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

Politics, like religion, hold up torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

Politics, like religion, hold up torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who...

If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who...

Politics is about people, not politicians.

Politics is about people, not politicians.