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What does it mean?
Bolivar sees the independence of the Americas as a beacon for global liberty.
In plain terms
The new nations in the Americas represent hope for freedom everywhere.
What can you take from it?
Local freedom can inspire global change.

Where it applies

  • political movements
  • national celebrations
  • historical analysis

Putting it to work

  • inspirational speech
  • national identity building

Questions to consider

  • Can one region truly represent universal hope?

Another view

It assumes the New World is uniquely virtuous.

More from Simon Bolivar

  1. The art of victory is learned in defeat.

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  2. To do something right it must be done twice. The first time instructs the second.

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  3. Morals and lights are our first necessities.

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