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" We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it. "

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" A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots. "

" Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist. "

" Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity. "

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" One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army. "

" Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect. "

" We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from. "

" A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself. "

" Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The struggles waged by nations are weak only when they lack support in the hearts of their women. "

" Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness. "

" If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that no one is denied bread and, so as to give a lesson of charity, especially those who did not bring flour. "

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" Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them. "

" In truth, men speak too much of danger. "

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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. "

" It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you. "

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