Why independence? If the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow.
No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed.
It is enough for the evil people to succeed, for the good people to do nothing.
What is death to me? I have sown the seeds others will reap.
The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others.
I have observed that the prosperity or misery of each people is in direct proportion to its liberties or its prejudices and, accordingly, to the sacrifices or the selfishness of its forefathers. -Juan Crisostomo Ibarra