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

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

A knowledge of different literatures is the best way to free one's self from the tyranny of any of them.

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.

People can only be free if they are truly educated.

But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.