Let us not ask for miracles, let us not ask for concern with what is good for the country of him who comes as a stranger to make his fortune and leave afterwards.

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

While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty.

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.

For myself I think that one wrong does not right the other, and forgiveness cannot be won with useless tears or alms to the Church.

I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government. There are useless officials, evil, if you like, but there are also good ones, and these are not able to accomplish anything because they encounter an inert mass, the population that takes little part in matters that concern them.

I wish to show those who deny us Patriotism that we know how to die for our country and convictions.