A people that loves freedom will in the end be free.
It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation.
A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay.
God grants victory to perseverance.
Our hatred knows no bounds, and the war shall be to the death.
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.