I don't recall seeing this one posted here, when it was hauntingly appropriate during our last couple of elections and the first voting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I could think of no worse example for nations abroad, who for the first time were trying to put free electoral procedures into effect, than that of the United States wrangling over the results of our presidential election, and even suggesting that the presidency itself could be stolen by thievery at the ballot box.
Jefferson is just a goldmine of practical wisdom regarding government and economics.
