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Ambition and intrigue abuse the credulity and experience of men lacking all political, economic, and civic knowledge; they adopt pure illusion as reality; they take license for liberty, treachery for patriotism, and vengeance for justice.

— Simón Bolívar

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Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth?

The people become accustomed to obeying him, and he becomes accustomed to commanding, hence the origin of usurpation and tyranny.

The Angostura Address (1819)

He who serves a revolution plows in the sea.

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.

The distinguishing characteristic of small republics is stability: the character of large republics is mutability.

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