The Ignorance the people live in leads them to commit mistakes against their own happiness

The Ignorance the people live in leads them to commit mistakes against their own happiness

Simon Bolivar

Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth?

Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth?

Do not adopt the best system of government, but the one most likely to succeed.

Do not adopt the best system of government, but the one most likely to succeed.

Out of the most secure things, the most secure is to doubt.

Out of the most secure things, the most secure is to doubt.

Morals and lights are our first necessities.

Morals and lights are our first necessities.

He who serves a revolution ploughs a sea.

He who serves a revolution ploughs a sea.

It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation.

It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation.

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

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

The freedom of the New World is the hope of the Universe.

The freedom of the New World is the hope of the Universe.

The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.

The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.

God grants victory to perseverance.

God grants victory to perseverance.

The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.

The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.

In the unity of our nations rests the glorious future of our peoples.

In the unity of our nations rests the glorious future of our peoples.

To do something right it must be done twice. The first time instructs the second.

To do something right it must be done twice. The first time instructs the second.

Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves.

Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves.

An ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction.

An ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction.

The art of victory is learned in defeat.

The art of victory is learned in defeat.

A people that loves freedom will in the end be free.

A people that loves freedom will in the end be free.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right.