Quote #7
If my death contributes to the end of the parties and the consolidation of the Union, I shall go quietly to my grave.
More from Simon Bolivar
- I swear before you; I swear on the God of my parents; I swear on them; I swear on my honor and I swear on my country that I shall not give …
- If Nature is against us, we shall fight Nature, and make it obey.
- How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?
- In the course of history, there have been three radicals: Jesus Christ, Don Quixote, and... me.
- Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves.
- It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny.
- Let us give to our republic a fourth power with authority over the youth, the hearts of men, public spirit, habits, and republican morality…
- Legislators could certainly do with a school of morals.