Simon Bolivar Quotes
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Among the popular and representative systems of government I do not approve of the federal system: it is too perfect; and it requires virtues and…
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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…
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Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves.
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Colombians! My last wish is for the happiness of the patria. If my death contributes to the end of partisanship and the consolidation of the…
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Is it conceivable that a newly emancipated people can soar to the heights of liberty, and, unlike Icarus, neither have its wings melt nor fall…
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It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation.
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When mankind was in its infancy, steeped in uncertainty, ignorance, and error, was it possible to foresee what system it would adopt for preservation.
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Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth
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The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty
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When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right.
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A people that loves freedom will in the end be free.
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The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments, because there is…
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If Nature is against us, we shall fight Nature and make it obey.
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Our hatred knows no bounds, and the war shall be to the death.
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Slavery is the offspring of darkness.
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War lives on despotism and is not waged with God's love.
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The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.
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A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into a tyranny; it…
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The three greatest fools of History have been Jesus Christ, Don Quixote . . . and me!
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God grants victory to perseverance.
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