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

No one blames a pilot who takes refuge in port when the storm begins to blow. It is not cowardice to duck under a bullet; what is wrong is to defy it only to fall and never rise again.

Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks.

The example could encourage others who only fear to start.

God has made man a cosmopolite. He created seas for ships to glide on, the wind to push them, and the stars to guide them even in darkest night.

On this battlefield man has no better weapon than his intelligence, no other force but his heart.