Simon Bolivar

Liberator of South America

Early Modern influential 87 sayings

Sayings by Simon Bolivar

The sword of the Liberator will never be sheathed while there is a single slave in America.

Early 19th Century — Attributed, but precise source hard to pinpoint. Widely quoted.
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The love of power is the most dangerous of all human passions.

Early 19th Century — Attributed, but precise source hard to pinpoint. Widely quoted.
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The greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Early 19th Century — Attributed, but precise source hard to pinpoint. Widely quoted.
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We have been ruled more by deceit than by force.

1815 — Letter from Jamaica
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The chains of the world are broken, but the chains of the mind still remain.

Early 19th Century — Attributed, but precise source hard to pinpoint. Widely quoted.
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The true meaning of liberty is not to do what one wants, but to do what is just.

Early 19th Century — Attributed, but precise source hard to pinpoint. Widely quoted.
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The voice of the people is the voice of God.

Early 19th Century — Attributed, but precise source hard to pinpoint. Widely quoted.
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The greater the danger, the greater the glory.

Early 19th Century — Attributed, but precise source hard to pinpoint. Widely quoted.
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My last wish is for the happiness of the country.

1830 — Last Proclamation
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The most powerful weapon is the enlightened mind.

Early 19th Century — Attributed, but precise source hard to pinpoint. Widely quoted.
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