Simón Bolívar Quotes

The unity of our peoples is not a mere chimera of men, but an inexorable decree of destiny.

The fairest punishment is the one that a person imposes on themselves.

Most fortunate is the one who, while running through the pitfalls of war, politics, and public misfortunes, preserves their honor intact.

The inexperienced soldier believes all is lost since he is defeated once.

The freedom of the new world is the hope of the universe.

Good customs, and not force, are the pillars of laws; and the exercise of justice is the exercise of freedom.

Public jobs belong to the State; they are not the heritage of individuals. None who lacks probity, skills, and merits is worthy of them.

Legislators certainly need a school of ethics.

First the native soil than nothing. Our life is nothing but the inheritance of our country.

All the peoples of the world who have struggled for freedom have ultimately exterminated their tyrants.

A happy soldier acquires no right to command his homeland. He is not the arbiter of laws or government. He is the defender of its freedom.

I am always faithful to the liberal and just system proclaimed by my homeland.