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Jose Marti
Age: 42 †
Born: 1853
Born: January 28
Died: 1895
Died: May 19
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Let those who desire a secure homeland conquer it. Let those who do not conquer it live under the whip and in exile, watched over like wild animals, cast from one country to another, concealing the death of their souls with a beggar's smile from the scorn of free men.
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To Educate is to Free.
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It is the duty of man to raise up man.
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The brave forget. It is those who fought less bravely, or those who fought without justice and live in fear of their victory, who forget the least.
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Hatred, slavery's inevitable aftermath.
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We are free, but no to be evil
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All is beautiful and unceasing, all is music and reason, and all, like diamond, is carbon first, then light.
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Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.
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To educate is to give man the keys to the world, which are independence and love, and to give him strength to journey on his own, light of step, a spontaneous and free being.
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But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.
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I have lived in the monster and I know its insides and my sling is the sling of David.
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