Nations will march towards the apex of their greatness at the same pace as their education. Nations will soar if their education soars; they will regress if it regresses. Nations will fall and sink in darkness if education is corrupted… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
“Slavery is the daughter of darkness: an ignorant people is a blind instrument of its own destruction” — Simón Bolívar Copy Share
Do not compare your material forces with those of the enemy. Spirit cannot be compared with matter. You are human beings, they are beasts.… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share
Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves. — Simon Bolivar Copy Share
Colombians! My last wish is for the happiness of the patria. If my death contributes to the end of partisanship and the consolidation of… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share
It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation. — Simon Bolivar Copy Share
Is it conceivable that a newly emancipated people can soar to the heights of liberty, and, unlike Icarus, neither have its wings melt nor… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share
It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny. — Simon Bolivar Copy Share
Do not adopt the best system of government, but the one most likely to succeed. — Simon Bolivar Copy Share
