If Nature is against us, we shall fight Nature and make it obey.

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

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.

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

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.

A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay.

Out of the most secure things, the most secure is to doubt.