Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves.

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.

The art of victory is learned in defeat.

War lives on despotism and is not waged with God's love.

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.

The freedom of the New World is the hope of the Universe.

Republican democracy is overperfect and demands political virtues and talents far superior to our own.