The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues, without any prospect of its speedy termination.

[In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in their places.

In a representative republic, the education of our children must be of the utmost importance!

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!

To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people.

The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.

We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps, our liberties.