Occupation: Former President Of Gran Colombia Birth: July 24, 1783 Death: December 17, 1830
The freedom of the New World is the hope of the Universe..
Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves..
He who serves a revolution ploughs a sea..
In the unity of our nations rests the glorious future of our peoples..
It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation..
God grants victory to perseverance..
The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty..
Our hatred knows no bounds, and the war shall be to the death..
Do not compare your material forces with those of the enemy. Spirit cannot be compared with matter. You are human beings, they are beasts. You are fr….
Out of the most secure things, the most secure is to doubt..
To do something right it must be done twice. The first time instructs the second..
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….
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 reg….
The first duty of a government is to give education to the people..
A people that loves freedom will in the end be free..
The art of victory is learned in defeat..
An ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction..
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right..
The Ignorance the people live in leads them to commit mistakes against their own happiness.
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 union, I….
Morals and lights are our first necessities..