“The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.”
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Famous Simon Bolivar Quotes
“The three greatest fools (majaderos) of history have been Jesus Christ, Don Quixote - and I!”
“It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny.”
“To do something right it must be done twice. The first time instructs the second.”
“The Ignorance the people live in leads them to commit mistakes against their own happiness”
“A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay.”
“An ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction.”
Source: El Libertador: Writings of Simón Bolívar
“If Nature is opposed, we will fight her and make her obbey us.”
Source: Selected Writings: 1810-1822
“Out of the most secure things, the most secure is to doubt.”
“Do not adopt the best system of government, but the one most likely to succeed.”
Source: The hope of the universe
“In the unity of our nations rests the glorious future of our peoples.”
“Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves.”
Source: The hope of the universe
“It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation.”
Source: Selected Writings: 1810-1822
Source: Selected Writings: 1810-1822. Bibliography (p. [xxxvi]-xxxviii)
“If Nature is against us, we shall fight Nature and make it obey.”
“Our hatred knows no bounds, and the war shall be to the death.”