I blush to say it: Independence is the only benefit we have acquired, at the expense of everything else.
Liberator of South America
A cynical reflection on the outcomes of the wars of independence
1829 or 1830
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"America is ungovernable for us. He who serves a revolution plows in the sea."
Strange & Unusual"Do not adopt the best system of government, but the one that is most likely to succeed."
Strange & Unusual"I am convinced that America will not be tranquil until we have extirpated all the roots of disunion."
Shocking"A people ignorant is a blind instrument of its own destruction."
Shocking"The United States is a nation of shopkeepers, not of soldiers."
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