Jose de San Martin — "A liberal-constitutional monarchy was the best hope for stability in the new nat…"
A liberal-constitutional monarchy was the best hope for stability in the new nations of Spanish America.
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"My sword will never be drawn without reason, nor sheathed without honor."
"Your coarse impudence in making me a proposition to employ my sword in a civil war is simply incomprehensible. You insolent scoundrel! Do you realize it has never been dipped in American blood?"
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