Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.
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But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.Jose Marti
He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter.
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He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief.
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The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have you, o Liberty, do not know. you. Those who do not have you should not speak of you, but win you.
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Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men.
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Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.
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