Simon Bolivar
Simon Bolivar
Simón Bolívar), in full Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios, was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Panama as sovereign states, independent of Spanish rule...
NationalityVenezuelan
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth24 July 1783
CityCaracas, Venezuela
CountryVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
bad experience
Judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement.
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Legislators could certainly do with a school of morals.
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Morals and lights are our first necessities.
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Out of the most secure things, the most secure is to doubt.
fighting ifs
If Nature is opposed, we will fight her and make her obbey us.
war hatred resistance
Our hatred knows no bounds, and the war shall be to the death.
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Republican democracy is overperfect and demands political virtues and talents far superior to our own.
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Slavery is the offspring of darkness.
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God grants victory to perseverance.
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Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth
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If Nature is against us, we shall fight Nature and make it obey.
ignorance errors preservation
When mankind was in its infancy, steeped in uncertainty, ignorance, and error, was it possible to foresee what system it would adopt for preservation.
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Among the popular and representative systems of government I do not approve of the federal system: it is too perfect; and it requires virtues and political talents much superior to our own.
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It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation.