Simon Bolivar Quotes

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right.

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

The art of victory is learned in defeat.

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

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

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

Do not compare your material forces with those of the enemy. Spirit cannot be compared with matter. You are human beings, they are beasts. You are free, they are slaves.

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

It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny.

Colombians! My last wish is for the happiness of the patria. If my death contributes to the end of partisanship and the consolidation of the union, I shall be lowered in peace into my grave.

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

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

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

The three greatest fools (majaderos) of history have been Jesus Christ, Don Quixote - and I!

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

He who serves a revolution ploughs a sea.

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

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.

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.

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

God grants victory to perseverance.

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

War lives on despotism and is not waged with God's love.

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

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

Our hatred knows no bounds, and the war shall be to the death.

When mankind was in its infancy, steeped in uncertainty, ignorance, and error, was it possible to foresee what system it would adopt for preservation.

Morals and lights are our first necessities.

Slavery is the offspring of darkness.

A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay.

Republican democracy is overperfect and demands political virtues and talents far superior to our own.

Legislators could certainly do with a school of morals.

If Nature is opposed, we will fight her and make her obbey us.

Judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement.