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It is the duty of man to raise up man.
Jose Marti
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Jose Marti
Age: 42 †
Born: 1853
Born: January 28
Died: 1895
Died: May 19
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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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Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.
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The force of passion is balanced by the force of interest.
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Nature has placed the need to see justice done in some souls, and the need to flout and affront it in others.
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Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world.
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A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel.
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It is my duty to prevent, through the independence of Cuba, the U.S.A. from spreading over the West Indies and falling with addedweight upon other lands of Our America. All I have done up to now and shall do hereafter is to that end.... I know the Monster, because I have lived in its lair--and my weapon is only the slingshot of David.
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He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter.
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Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright.
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The nation that buys commands, the nation that sells serves it is necessary to balance trade in order to ensure freedom the country that wants to die sells only to one country , and the country that wants to survive sells to more than one.
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Our wine is bitter, but it is our wine.
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He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief.
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