Simon Bolivar

I am convinced that America can only be governed by an iron fist.

The man who abandons everything to save his country will not be denied his reward.

If a man does not use his reason, he is a brute. If he does not use his will, he is a slave.

Legislators! Do not forget that the people are not an amorphous mass, but a collection of individuals with rights and duties.

The greatest good is the greatest happiness of the greatest number.

I am a soldier and a politician, but I am also a philosopher. I seek the truth, and I speak what I believe to be true.

The independence of the New World is the glory of the universe.

To do good, one must have power. To have power, one must be popular. To be popular, one must be a hypocrite.

The will of the people is the only legitimate source of power.

I have been a soldier for twenty years, and I have never seen a battle won by a committee.

The people who live in the torrid zone are lazy and indolent. They are incapable of governing themselves.

My greatest glory is to have delivered my country from slavery.

The sword of justice is the terror of the wicked and the hope of the good.

The title of Liberator is superior to all others.

The United States is a nation of shopkeepers, not of soldiers.

Justice is the queen of the virtues.

I have no other ambition than to be a simple citizen. I want to live in peace and die in my bed.

The people are the true sovereign.

The soldier who fights for his country is a hero.

The will of the people is the law of the land.