"The people of America have risen to throw off the yoke of the Spanish government, and to recover their rights."

"The love of power is the most dangerous of all human passions."

"I am a soldier and a politician, but I am also a philosopher. I seek the truth, and I speak what I believe to be true."

"The chains of the world are broken, but the chains of the mind still remain."

"Moral and lights are our first needs."