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.

He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter.

He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief.

Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world.

I have lived in the monster and I know its insides; and my sling is the sling of David.

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.

But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed souls, will cast down with a single shove.