Do not adopt the best system of government, but the one most likely to succeed. — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
Among the popular and representative systems of government I do not approve of the federal system: it is too perfect; and it… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments,… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
Let the entire system of government be strengthened, and let the balance of power be drawn up in such a manner that… — 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 Image
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 Image
In the unity of our nations rests the glorious future of our peoples. — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves. — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
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 Image
It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation. — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
