Jose Marti
Jose Marti
José Julián Martí Pérezis a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature. In his short life, he was a poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, a Freemason, a political theorist, and supporter of Henry George's economic reforms known as Georgism. Through his writings and political activity, he became a symbol for Cuba's bid for independence against Spain in the 19th century, and is referred to as the "Apostle...
NationalityCuban
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth28 January 1853
CountryCuba
Nature has placed the need to see justice done in some souls, and the need to flout and affront it in others.
The brave forget. It is those who fought less bravely, or those who fought without justice and live in fear of their victory, who forget the least.
America is a land of creators and rebels.
He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical.
Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas.
Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all.
To beautify life is to give it an object.
Men are products, expressions, reflections; they live to the extent that they coincide with their epoch, or to the extent that they differ markedly from it.
He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief.
Treacherous assassins, enemies of the people, and worthy of everyone's ridicule are those who, under the pretext of guiding future generations, teach them an isolated system of doctrines and whisper in their ear (instead of the sweet message of love) the barbarous gospel of hate.
We are free, but no to be evil
It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.
My poems please the brave : My poems, short and sincere , Have the force of steel Which forges swords .
Many houses were still full of light when, at the close of March 22, the people of the Círculo returned to their homes, which were gladdened with a fleeting gladness by an hour of justice for there are still many slaves, black and white, in Puerto Rico!