Simon Bolivar Quotes - Page 2

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• Legislators could certainly do with a school of morals.

  Simon Bolivar

  School, Moral, Legislators

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• Do not adopt the best system of government, but the one most likely to succeed.

  Simon Bolivar

  Government, Succeed, Systems Of Government

  Simón Bolívar, José Luis Salcedo-Bastardo (1983). “The hope of the universe”, United Nations Educational

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• Slavery is the offspring of darkness.

  Simon Bolivar

  Darkness, Slavery, Offspring

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• Republican democracy is overperfect and demands political virtues and talents far superior to our own.

  Simon Bolivar

  Political, Democracy, Demand

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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 political talents much superior to our own.

  Simon Bolivar

  Government, Perfect, Political

  Simon Bolivar's letter from Jamaica, Summer 1815.

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• Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth?

  Simon Bolivar

  Alaska, Labyrinth, Bedtime

  Simon Bolivar's statement made in the last months of his life, occasionally said to be his last words; quoted in Gabriel Garcia Marquez "The General in His Labyrinth" (p. 267), 1990.

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• Let the entire system of government be strengthened, and let the balance of power be drawn up in such a manner that it will be permanent and incapable of decay because of its own tenuity.

  Simon Bolivar

  Government, Balance, Decay

  Simón Bolívar (1951). “Selected Writings: 1810-1822”

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• The three greatest fools (majaderos) of history have been Jesus Christ, Don Quixote - and I!

  Simon Bolivar

  Jesus, Three, Fool

  "Simon Bolivar and Spanish American Independence, 1783-1830". Book by John J. Johnson and Doris M. Ladd, 1968.

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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 into an abyss? Such a marvel is inconceivable and without precedent. There is no reasonable probability to bolster our hopes.

  Simon Bolivar

  Fall, Wings, People

  Simón Bolívar, José Luis Salcedo-Bastardo (1983). “The hope of the universe”, United Nations Educational

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• If Nature is opposed, we will fight her and make her obbey us.

  Simon Bolivar

  Fighting, Ifs

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• A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay.

  Simon Bolivar

  Fall, Decay, Virtue

  Simon Bolivar's letter from Jamaica, Summer 1815.

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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.

  Simon Bolivar

  Ignorance, Errors, Preservation

  Simón Bolívar (1951). “Selected Writings: 1810-1822. Bibliography (p. [xxxvi]-xxxviii)”

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