--- title: "1 Apex Quotes By Simon Bolivar" description: "1 Apex quotes by Simon Bolivar. Plus more from Simon Bolivar and more Apex sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/simon-bolivar-13654_abandoned_nations-will-march-towards-the-apex-of-t_2285404.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/nations-will-march-towards-the-apex-of-their-greatness-at-the-same/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/simon-bolivar-13654_abandoned_nations-will-march-towards-the-apex-of-t_2285404.jpg) ## More by Simon Bolivar > [Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/damn-it-how-will-i-ever-get-out-of-this-labyrinth/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) > [“Slavery is the daughter of darkness: an ignorant people is a blind instrument of its own destruction”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/slavery-is-the-daughter-of-darkness-an-ignorant-people-is-a-blind/) [Simón Bolívar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) > [Do not compare your material forces with those of the enemy. Spirit cannot be compared with matter. You are human beings, they are beasts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/do-not-compare-your-material-forces-with-those-of-the-enemy-spirit/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) > [A people that loves freedom will in the end be free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/a-people-that-loves-freedom-will-in-the-end-be-free/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) > [If Nature is opposed, we will fight her and make her obbey us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/if-nature-is-opposed-we-will-fight-her-and-make-her-obbey-us/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) > [In the unity of our nations rests the glorious future of our peoples.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/in-the-unity-of-our-nations-rests-the-glorious-future-of-our-peoples/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) > [Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/flee-the-country-where-a-lone-man-holds-all-power-it-is-a-nation-of/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) > [Colombians! My last wish is for the happiness of the patria. If my death contributes to the end of partisanship and the consolidation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/colombians-my-last-wish-is-for-the-happiness-of-the-patria-if-my/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) > [Morals and lights are our first necessities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/morals-and-lights-are-our-first-necessities/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) > [Slavery is the offspring of darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/slavery-is-the-offspring-of-darkness/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) > [It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/it-is-harder-to-release-a-nation-from-servitude-than-to-enslave-a/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) > [Our hatred knows no bounds, and the war shall be to the death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/our-hatred-knows-no-bounds-and-the-war-shall-be-to-the-death/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) > [Is it conceivable that a newly emancipated people can soar to the heights of liberty, and, unlike Icarus, neither have its wings melt nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/is-it-conceivable-that-a-newly-emancipated-people-can-soar-to-the/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) > [It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/it-is-harder-to-maintain-the-balance-of-freedom-than-it-is-to-endure/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) > [Do not adopt the best system of government, but the one most likely to succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/do-not-adopt-the-best-system-of-government-but-the-one-most-likely-to/) [Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apex/simon-bolivar/#itemlist", "name": "1 Apex Quotes By Simon Bolivar", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nations will march towards the apex of their greatness at the same pace as their education. 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