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)
government perfect political
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.
government succeed systems-of-government
Do not adopt the best system of government, but the one most likely to succeed.
government giving people
The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.
government balance decay
Let the entire system of government be strengthened, and let the balance of power be drawn up in such a manner that it will be permanent and incapable of decay because of its own tenuity.
fall character government
A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into a tyranny; it disregards the principles which it should preserve, and finally degenerates into despotism. The distinguishing characteristic of small republics is stability: the character of large republics is mutability.
government long people
The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments, because there is nothing so dangerous as to suffer power to be vested for a long time in one citizen. The people become accustomed to obeying him, and he becomes accustomed to commanding, hence the origin of usurpation and tyranny.
bad experience
Judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement.
school moral legislators
Legislators could certainly do with a school of morals.
light firsts moral
Morals and lights are our first necessities.
doubt secure
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.
political democracy demand
Republican democracy is overperfect and demands political virtues and talents far superior to our own.
darkness slavery offspring
Slavery is the offspring of darkness.