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.

Do not adopt the best system of government, but the one most likely to succeed.

The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.

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

Do not compare your material forces with those of the enemy. Spirit cannot be compared with matter. You are human beings, they are beasts. You are free, they are slaves.

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.

An ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction.