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.

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.

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

Our vocabulary may become a real time algorithmic word bank. Could you imagine having a conversation like that? Where the meaning of words constantly adapts?

He felt a wonderful certainty. The impossible, he thought, the impossible is about to happen again.

Introspection precedes constructive criticism.Introspeksi mendahului kritik yang membangun.

You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.

There's something that's really fun about the challenge of making the mundane funny, too, I think.

Unity in a Movement situation can be overrated. If you were the Establishment, which would you rather see coming in the door: one lion or five hundred mice?

Isn't it sad that we only get upset about nasty things happening to people and places if television decides we should?

And when he is out of sight, quickly also he is out of mind.

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie. Actually there never was a more unmitigated liar.

I think with one exception I've never changed an opening sentence after a book was completed.