It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation.
He who serves a revolution ploughs a sea.
Colombians! My last wish is for the happiness of the patria. If my death contributes to the end of partisanship and the consolidation of the union, I shall be lowered in peace into my grave.
Slavery is the offspring of darkness.
Our hatred knows no bounds, and the war shall be to the death.
Let the entire system of government be strengthened, and let the balance of power be drawn up in such a manner that it will be permanent and incapable of decay because of its own tenuity.