Quote #16
The United States seems destined by Providence to plague the American continent with misery in the name of liberty. (1829)
More from Simon Bolivar
- 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
- The freedom of the New World is the hope of the Universe.
- Nations will march towards the apex of their greatness at the same pace as their education. Nations will soar if their education soars; the…
- The art of victory is learned in defeat.
- Morals and lights are our first necessities.
- Legislators could certainly do with a school of morals.
- It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny.