"I have been a soldier for twenty years, and I have never seen a battle won by a committee."

"If nature opposes us, we will fight against her and make her obey."

"My greatest glory is to have delivered my country from slavery."

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

"Legislators! Do not forget that the people are not an amorphous mass, but a collection of individuals with rights and duties."