"The continuation of authority in one individual has frequently been the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments, because nothing is so …"

"Judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement."

"The greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"Colombians! My last wish is for the happiness of the fatherland. If my death contributes to the cessation of parties and the consolidation of the Union, I shall descend to the tomb in peace."

"God grant that a single tyrant may not bring an entire republic to ruin."