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Simón Bolívar's best phrases

Reflections and phrases by Simón Bolívar, to know the way of thinking of this military
and political.

By: Xavier Molina

August 24, 2021 - 20:08 - Updated June 19, 2023 - 22:19 Cest

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Born on July 24, 1783 in the Venezuelan city of Caracas, Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan
politician and military known for having fought for the liberation of some countries such
as Colombia, Bolivia, Peru or Venezuela.

If you want to know a little more about your person or you would like to know what
some of your most outstanding appointments, keep reading. Here you will find a
selection of Simón Bolívar's best phrases, known as the Liberator.

Who was Simón Bolívar?

Born on July 24, 1783 in Caracas, Simón Bolívar, he was a political and military leader
who marked the history of Latin American countries, since he headed several campaigns
of confrontation against the Spanish Empire through which the landing Creole class of
several regions of South America managed to become the ruling class of several new,
newly independent countries. His career, which earned him the title of "El Libertador",
made him participate in the writing of several constitutions of these newly created
nations the nineteenth century, as a legislator. Thus, Bolívar is a key figure in the
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secession of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru, by gaining the favor of the
Creoles and the English superpower, which saw in this Venezuelan politician a useful
agent to wear out the Spanish empire .

The most memorable Simón Bolívar phrases

These are the most interesting and remembered Simón Bolívar reflections and phrases,
accompanied by some comments about the content of these appointments.

1. A being without studies is an incomplete being.

Education should always be one of the basic pillars from which any society is organized.
An idea that at that time was widely disseminated by this famous Venezuelan politician.

2. Slavery is the daughter of darkness.

Although luckily human slavery is already part of the past, at that time even
unfortunately it could be found very common. Luckily thanks to people like Simón
Bolívar this ended up disappearing.

3. Huid of the country where one only exercises all powers: it is a slave country.

As Bolívar tells us if a country is directed by a single person this one will undoubtedly
always be a dictatorship and also, we must take into account that this nation is most
likely at some point, it will also end up possessing freedom for its quite scarce citizens.

4. The teaching of good customs or social habits is as essential as instruction.

The first thing a person must always learn is to behave within society, acquiring
minimally decorous acts of acting.

5. The way of governing well is to use honest men, even if they are enemies.

A good leader must always surround themselves with those most capable men at their
disposal, indifferent to whether they have a good relationship between them.

6. The instinct is a loyal advisor; While pedantry is a mephitic air that drowns good
feelings.

Learning to read between the lines we will discover that there are many people who want
to fool us, although with a little insight it will be very easy for us to be able to distinguish
who is really sincere and who is not.

7. The man of good and value must be indifferent to the clashes of bad luck.

Although luck does not accompany us we must always fight for our ideals. If we have
faith and we are persistent in the end we will achieve our personal goals.
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8. You must work for the invaluable good of the Union: the peoples obeying the current
government, to free themselves from anarchy; the ministers of the sanctuary directing
their prayers to heaven; and the military using their sword in defending social
guarantees.

Only if Venezuelans, Bolivians and Colombians put on their part all these nations would
be able to prosper over time. Once these countries were released from the colonial yoke,
their own inhabitants were responsible for building them from scratch.

9. Liberator of Venezuela: more glorious and satisfactory title, for me that the scepter of
all the empires of the earth.

This military was always very proud of all his achievements, something very logical
considering that the freedom of Latin American was always his maximum personal
ambition.

10. The man of honor has no more homeland than that in which the rights of citizens are
protected and the sacred character of humanity is respected.

As human beings we must always respect the rights of all those aroun d us, indifferent to
their social position or educational level.

11. Trust must give us peace. Good faith is not enough, it is necessary to show it, because
men always see and rarely think.

In order for a country to develop effectively this must always be at peace with its
neighbors, because the war is something that in one way or another always ends up
much more damages than benefits.
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12. Colombians! My last votes are for the happiness of the homeland.

Many of their most famous appointments were always aimed at trying to foster cohesion
among Latin American, something that was undoubtedly very important for Latin
American to be able to become the region that is today.

13. Let's form a homeland at all costs and everything else will be tolerable.

To begin to solve the problems of a region, you must first have control over it, as a
popular acquaintance says the house must always begin with the foundations and not by
the roof.

14. A people is a slave when the government, for its essence or for its vices, leaves a mark
and usurps the rights of the citizen or subject.

It is always the leader who has to always be at the service of his people and not the
opposite, because otherwise we must know that we would really live immersed in a
dictatorship.

15. Compatriots, weapons will give you independence, laws will give you freedom.

A state without law is a state condemned to failure and as Simón Bolívar knew very well,
he always established a strong legislative control in those countries that managed to
emancipate.

16. The military spirit in civil command is unbearable.

Civil life and military life are really very different, so political leaders and military
controls always have different ways of communicating.

17. Our discords have their origin in the two most copious sources of public calamity:
ignorance and weakness.

He believed that an unadch people will always be at the mercy of its leaders and
therefore, he did not hesitate to establish the obligation of education wherever he passed.

18. We need to gather all our strength to achieve a blow capable of varying the fate of the
country.

Although it was of Venezuelan origin, its military actions allowed the liberation of
Bolivia and Gran Colombia, which is why this famous military over time achieved the
position of Libertador.

19. As I love freedom, I have noble and liberal feelings; And if I usually be severe, it is only
with those who intend to destroy us.
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Although Bolívar was always a great defender of personal freedoms as we can see in this
event, he would not hesitate to use any type of weapon against all those who tried to
damage the rights of the Latin American people.

20. The states are slaves for the nature of its constitution or by the abuse of it.

The Constitution are the main norms through which a nation is organized, although the
time comes if the people are disagreement of something that this dictates must always
be a way for its subsequent modification.

21. Legislators certainly need a moral school.

Laws should always be based on the first instance on morality and the main idea, that
we should not desire to others what we do not want them to do to us.

22. It is more difficult to get a town from servitude, to subjugate a free one.

When a town knows the value of freedom, this will never allow its subjugation again,
because Emiliano Zapata and Che Guevara already said it at the time: I prefer to die from
knees.

23. I love the freedom of America more than my own glory, and to achieve it I have not
saved sacrifices.

This military was totally willing to give his life for the freedom of the Spanish -American
people, something undoubtedly worth admiring that more than one leader should try to
emulate today.

24. Unity does everything and, therefore, we must keep this beautiful principle.

Bolívar believed that if the Latin people remained united the tyrants sooner or later they
would be defeated, something very logical if we take into account the main premise that
the union always makes strength.

25. All the peoples of the world who have fought for freedom have finally exterminated
their tyrants.

The revolution always ends with the elimination of the tyrant, because if the
revolutionaries did not do so in this way the leader defeated over time could try again to
take power.

26. The continuity of authority in the same individual has often been the term of
democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential in popular systems.

When a leader manages to perpetuate himself in office this sooner or later he will tend to
corrupt, so it is so important that the mandates must have a limited duration in time.
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27. It is difficult to do justice to those who have offended us.

The offenses were so great in those times that death always looked like the punishment

28. Freedom first than literature.

Although education is very important, we must keep in mind that freedom is the most
fundamental right that exists, since no person can live a minimally dignified life if the
total of their freedoms are not guaranteed.

29. public jobs belong to the State; They are not heritage of individuals. None that has no
probity, skills and merits is worthy of them.

The official, as in some countries today was plagued with corruption, something that
had undoubtedly changed in order to create a more just and equitable society.

30. We are not Indians or European, but an average species among the legitimate owners
of the country and the Spanish usurpers.

Although he had very much the miscegenation his people had lived, the love for the
homeland was always his main motivation and under his criteria, the Spanish settlers
had to be extracted from the control of the institutions if Latin America wanted to
prosper.

31. It is always noble to conspire against tyranny, against usurpation and against a bleak
and harmless war.

Although some people could conspire against him their objectives were always very clear
and these were always, fighting injustice, tyranny and plunder that Latin America lived
at that time.

32. Uncido the American people to the triple yoke of ignorance, tyranny and vice, we
have not been able to acquire or know, power, or virtue.

According to Bolívar, the Latin American people had been contaminated with all kinds of
misfortunes and it was precisely why, when it reached emancipation, they should ensure
good values to the next generations.

33. Good customs, and not strength, are the columns of laws; And the exercise of justice
is the exercise of freedom.

Justice should always be a guarantee of freedom and not a tool through which some
people can oppress an entire people.

34. Force violence drags the principles of its own destruction.

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Excessive violence can become the end of a society, which is why during any war
escalation both contestants must always measure all their actions very well.

35. Justice is the queen of republican virtues and with it is sustained equality and
freedom.

Justice must always be one of the main pillars for which a nation is erected, something
that unfortunately did not always happen in the past.

36. Let's not aspire to the impossible, lest to raise ourselves on the region of La Libertad,
we descend to the region of tyranny.

This military knew very well that any nation must choose its leaders with maximum care
because otherwise, it could go from glory to penalty in just one open and close with an
eye.

37. If a man were necessary to sustain the State, that State should not exist; and finally
would not exist.

A nation cannot consecrate its existence to a certain leader because if he did, he would
end up disappearing when he ceases to be with us.

38. If life are two days I want to live them with you and just with you!

The love for his homeland and his loved ones was always one of his main premises, he
was largely for them that Bolívar was even willing to give his life.

39. I am always faithful to the liberal and fair system that proclaimed my homeland.

It was undoubtedly thanks to great historical figures such as Simón Bolívar that Latin
America managed to become what it is today, a place where personal freedoms are
included within all national constitutions.

40. Glory is to be great and be useful.

Dedicating your life to the glory of your people is for some people an honor, a way of
consecrating your life to something bigger than your own satisfaction.

41. I despised grades and distinctions. I aspired to a more honorable destiny: shed my
blood for the freedom of my homeland.

As he tells us in this event, he would never hesitate to give his life for his nation. The
maximum sacrifice was always for him, possibly the most honorable way that existed.

42. The dictatorship is the stumbling block of the republics.

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Dictatorships are great injustice for a large part of society, which is why the people
should always be the one with the total control of the institutions.

43. The tyrants cannot approach the invincible walls of Colombia without atonementing
with their impure blood the audacity of their delusions.

Those who in the past had damaged the Colombian people had to pay for all their
actions and the Venezuelan politician Simón Bolívar, was totally willing to enforce this
mandate.

44. We contemplate afflicted that almost all the earth has been, and is still, a victim of
its governments.

A bad government can greatly shear the riches of any nation, so we must always be very
careful with whom we decide to increase towards the government of our society.

45. In the order of human vicissitudes it is not always the majority of physical mass that
decides, but it is the superiority of moral force that inclines the political balance towards
itself.

As human beings we should never get carried away by general opinion, we must always
be fully consistent with our values and principles.

46. An ignorant people is a blind instrument of their own destruction.

An ignorant people are always much easier to manipulate, which is why many leaders of
the past always kept access to education.

47. A happy soldier does not acquire any right to send his homeland. He is not the
referee of laws or government. He is the defender of his freedom.

A soldier should always see himself as a protector and not as a president. Caring a
weapon is something that does not make you someone more powerful but someone with
greater responsibility for their people.

48. In the shadow of the mystery it works only the crime.

Crime has always been an activity that has moved in the shadow of society, and in those
years, this is something that happened as it also happens today.

49. Chess is a useful and honest game, indispensable in youth education.

Chess is a game thanks to which people can learn to order our thoughts in a much more
efficient way, an activity that as Bolívar tells us can be very beneficial for the
development of any infant.
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50. If my death contributes to cease the parties and consolidate the union, I will lower
the sepulcher calm.

He was always very clear about the main purpose of all his actions and as he tells us in
this event, he would always be willing to everything with the idea that Hispanic -
American emancipation could be achieved.

51. If nature opposes we will fight it and make it obey us.

The human being believes herself capable of being able to control nature and as we can
see in this appointment, Simón Bolívar was not in this case any exception to the norm.

52. Moral and lights are our first needs.

Bolívar wanted to promote a more just and equitable society, a society where each boy
and every girl could go to school indifferently from their purchasing power.

53. The most fair punishment is one that one is imposed.

An appointment that undoubtedly keeps a great truth. In the vast majority of occasions
we ourselves are our most ruthless executioners.

54. To be called boss not to be the height of misery.

At that time the landowner was the authentic boss, the others as workers were only
employed independently that they could possess.

55. Damn is the soldier who returns his weapons against his people.

The soldier must always be a protector and not a perpetrator, as he raised.

56. The United States seem destined for providence to plague America of misery in the
name of freedom.

In this event we can discover the enmity that Bolívar felt towards the United States, it
seems that for him they always represented certain interests of some entrepreneurs of
northern America.

57. Nothing is as dangerous as letting the same citizen stay in power for a long time. The
people get used to obeying it and he will send it, that is where usurpation and tyranny
originate.

When a leader perpetuates this sooner or later he will fall into the hands of corruption,
something that as we see happened in those times and that still today continues.

58. The perfect government system is one that produces the greatest possible sum of
happiness, the greatest sum of social security and greater sum of political stability.
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This military always fought for the rights of his fellow citizens and always had the
premise very clear, that it was the future well -being of these that promoted him the
most.

59. He who commands should hear even if they are the hardest truths and, after hearing,
must take advantage of them to correct the evils that produce the errors.

Some people had to realize the unfair that in those times society was; That is why this
famous military came to pronounce some quotes as eloquent as this that we can see
here.

60. We cannot have traitors in the ranks, otherwise we would lose the homeland.

A false step could have become the end of the revolution, this is an idea that Bolívar
always had very present and that is why he always acted in a very cautious way.

Bolivarian Thought:

Didactic activity:

1.-Make a comparative table about the thought of Simón Bolívar El Libertador,

identifying the comparison criteria for the first column and subsequent ranks.

2.-For the second column uses the documents of the Liberator. (Short quotes).

3.-For the third column uses the Constitution (brief citations of the articles to base).

4.-Interpretation considering the past, present and relationship Venezuela Mundo.

5.-Redacata at the end of the picture a synthesis.

6.-Extension of Table 3 Pages Officer Size (Horizontal).

7.-Ingoring cover, picture and references consulted (APA standards).

8.-Select a thought of Bolívar and share with your classmates because it has aroused
your interest in a chat. Avoid repetition.