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The youth of America are rolling up their sleeves, digging their hands in the dough, and making it rise with the sweat of their brows. They realize that there is too much imitation, and that creation holds the key to salvation. 'Create' is the password of this generation. The wine is made from plantain, but even if it turns sour, it is our own wine! That a country's form of government must be in keeping with its natural elements is a foregone conclusion. Absolute ideas must take relative forms if they are not to fail because of an error in form. Freedom, to be viable, has to be sincere and complete. If a republic refuses to open its arms to all, and move ahead with all, it dies.

Jose Marti#38

FreedomCreationInclusionYouth

About this quote

What does it mean?
Youth must create authentically and build inclusive republics to survive.
In plain terms
Young people should create their own path and include everyone in freedom.
What can you take from it?
Authentic creation and inclusion ensure survival.

Where it applies

  • national development
  • cultural production
  • political reform

Putting it to work

  • create locally
  • include all citizens
  • reject imitation

Questions to consider

  • How do you create your own path?
  • Is freedom complete without inclusion?

Another view

Creation without direction can still fail.

More from Jose Marti

  1. It was imperative to make common cause with the oppressed , in order to secure a new system opposed to the ambitions and governing habits of the oppressors.

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  2. The general holds back his cavalry to a pace that suits his infantry, for if its infantry is left behind, the cavalry will be surrounded by the enemy.

    Permalink to quote #39
  3. America began to suffer, and still suffers, from the tiresome task of reconciling the hostile and discordant elements it inherited from the despotic and perver…

    Permalink to quote #36

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