Quote #8

If Nature is against us, we shall fight Nature, and make it obey.

More from Simon Bolivar

  1. If my death contributes to the end of the parties and the consolidation of the Union, I shall go quietly to my grave.
  2. In the course of history, there have been three radicals: Jesus Christ, Don Quixote, and... me.
  3. 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 …
  4. It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny.
  5. How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?
  6. Legislators could certainly do with a school of morals.
  7. Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves.
  8. Morals and lights are our first necessities.

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