Quote #17

The Ignorance the people live in leads them to commit mistakes against their own happiness

More from Simon Bolivar

  1. The United States seems destined by Providence to plague the American continent with misery in the name of liberty. (1829)
  2. Nations will march towards the apex of their greatness at the same pace as their education. Nations will soar if their education soars; the…
  3. To do something right it must be done twice. The first time instructs the second.
  4. The freedom of the New World is the hope of the Universe.
  5. The art of victory is learned in defeat.
  6. Morals and lights are our first necessities.
  7. Legislators could certainly do with a school of morals.
  8. It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny.

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