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An ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction.

Simon Bolivar

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Simon Bolivar
Age: 47 †
Born: 1783
Born: January 1
Died: 1830
Died: December 17
Military Officer
Politician
Revolutionary
Birthplace of Simon Bolivar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Ponte Palacios y Blanco
Bolivar
The Liberator
The Liberator of America
Instruments
Destruction
Blind
People
Instrument
Ignorant

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