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Jose Cecilio del Valle Quotes

d. 1834 Honduras

José Cecilio Diaz del Valle (November 22, 1780 – March 2, 1834) was a philosopher, politician, lawyer, and journalist and one of the most important figures in Central America during the transition from colonial government to independence, displaying a wide-ranging expertise in public administration management.

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Politically, America is the same as it is physically: the land of the earthquakes.

How can one govern without taxes, without strength, without authority?

But to reach...the pinnacle of power, it will be necessary, to climb rugged heights.

Law. Law. That is what saves nations from the most imminent dangers.

America shall not lag a century behind Europe: it will stride as an equal first, and lead later; it will, in the end, be the most illuminated by the sciences just as it is most illuminated by the sun.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jose Cecilio del Valle (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.