A poem is something sacred. Let no one Take it for anything except itself.

I know that when the world surrenders, pallid, to repose, the murmur of a tranquil stream through the deep silence flows.

The first duty of a man is to think for himself

Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.

The dagger plunged in the name of freedom is plunged into the breast of freedom.

The struggles waged by nations are weak only when they lack support in the hearts of their women.

It is my duty to prevent, through the independence of Cuba, the U.S.A. from spreading over the West Indies and falling with addedweight upon other lands of Our America. All I have done up to now and shall do hereafter is to that end.... I know the Monster, because I have lived in its lair--and my weapon is only the slingshot of David.