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 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.

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

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...

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.

The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets...

The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets...

Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers....

Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers....

Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever.

Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever.

We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it.

We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it.

Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in...

Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in...

It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.

It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.

Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the...

Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the...

Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve...

Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve...

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.

Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of...

Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of...

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.

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

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

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...

One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army.

One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army.

The struggles waged by nations are weak only when they lack support in the hearts...

The struggles waged by nations are weak only when they lack support in the hearts...

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.