Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.

Quote by Jose Marti

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To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft.

To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft.

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to...

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to...

Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men.

Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men.

Peoples are made of hate and of love, and more of hate than love.

Peoples are made of hate and of love, and more of hate than love.

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak...

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak...

Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble...

Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble...

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is...

He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is...

The force of passion is balanced by the force of interest.

The force of passion is balanced by the force of interest.

The nation that buys commands, the nation that sells serves; it is necessary to balance...

The nation that buys commands, the nation that sells serves; it is necessary to balance...

Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in...

Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in...

He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical.

He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical.

If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that...

If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that...

It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.

It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of...

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of...

A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with...

A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with...

Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud...

Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud...

There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.

There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.

To give one's life is a right only when one gives it unselfishly.

To give one's life is a right only when one gives it unselfishly.

In truth, men speak too much of danger.

In truth, men speak too much of danger.