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> [The Latin American has no tribe to fall back on, as the African does, no reliable judiciary to defend his rights as the European does, no social ideal or sacred constitution as the North American does, no pervasive mythology to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/the-latin-american-has-no-tribe-to-fall-back-on-as-the-african-does/)

[Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/)

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## More by Ted Simon

> [Nobody is free… Everyone has a prison. Wife, parents, children, they all make prisons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/nobody-is-free-everyone-has-a-prison-wife-parents-children-they-all/)

[Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/)

> [The Latin American has no tribe to fall back on, as the African does, no reliable judiciary to defend his rights as the European…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/the-latin-american-has-no-tribe-to-fall-back-on-as-the-african-does/)

[Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/)

> [There are in me the seeds from which, if necessary, the universe could be constructed. In me somewhere there is a matrix for mankind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/there-are-in-me-the-seeds-from-which-if-necessary-the-universe-could/)

[Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/)

> [I am learning, as I make my way through my first continent, that it is remarkably easy to do things, and much more frightening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/i-am-learning-as-i-make-my-way-through-my-first-continent-that-it-is/)

[Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/)

> [“To be worth making at all, a journey has to be made in the mind as much as in the world of objects and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/to-be-worth-making-at-all-a-journey-has-to-be-made-in-the-mind-as/)

[Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/)

> [It was going to be the journey of a lifetime, a journey that millions dream of and never make, and I wanted to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/it-was-going-to-be-the-journey-of-a-lifetime-a-journey-that-millions/)

[Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/)

> [People who thought of my journey as a physical ordeal or an act of courage... missed the point. Courage and physical endurance were no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/people-who-thought-of-my-journey-as-a-physical-ordeal-or-an-act-of/)

[Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/)

> [It was chilling to realize that the sentimental qualities most valued between people, like loyalty, constancy, and affection, are the ones most likely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/it-was-chilling-to-realize-that-the-sentimental-qualities-most-valued/)

[Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/)

> [That night I lie out under the stars again. The Pleiades are there winking at me. I am no longer on my way from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/that-night-i-lie-out-under-the-stars-again-the-pleiades-are-there/)

[Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/)

> [“The enigma that had bothered me in Sydney was beginning to resolve itself. If Australians allowed themselves to be represented worldwide as a nation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/the-enigma-that-had-bothered-me-in-sydney-was-beginning-to-resolve/)

[Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/)

> [“Maybe you know how it is when you have decided to do something really enormous with your life, something that stretches your resources to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/maybe-you-know-how-it-is-when-you-have-decided-to-do-something-really/)

[Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/)

> [To be worth making at all a journey has to be made in the mind as much as in the world of objects and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/to-be-worth-making-at-all-a-journey-has-to-be-made-in-the-mind-as-2/)

[Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/)

> [“In spite of wars and tourism and pictures by satellite, the world is just the same size it ever was. It is awesome to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/in-spite-of-wars-and-tourism-and-pictures-by-satellite-the-world-is/)

[Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/)

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