Many houses were still full of light when, at the close of March 22, the people of the Círculo returned to their homes, which were gladdened with a fleeting gladness by an hour of justice - for there are still many slaves, black and white, in Puerto Rico!

Treacherous assassins, enemies of the people, and worthy of everyone's ridicule are those who, under the pretext of guiding future generations, teach them an isolated system of doctrines and whisper in their ear (instead of the sweet message of love) the barbarous gospel of hate.

Hatred, slavery's inevitable aftermath.

Men have no special right because they belong to one race or another: the word man defines all rights.

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life.

Man needs to go outside himself in order to find repose and reveal himself.

Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all.