52 Quotes by Simon Bolivar

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

If Nature is against us, we shall fight Nature and make it obey.

When mankind was in its infancy, steeped in uncertainty, ignorance, and error, was it possible to foresee what system it would adopt for preservation.

Among the popular and representative systems of government I do not approve of the federal system: it is too perfect; and it requires virtues and political talents much superior to our own.

It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation.

The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty

Is it conceivable that a newly emancipated people can soar to the heights of liberty, and, unlike Icarus, neither have its wings melt nor fall into an abyss? Such a marvel is inconceivable and without precedent. There is no reasonable probability to bolster our hopes.

He who serves a revolution ploughs a sea.

Do not adopt the best system of government, but the one most likely to succeed.