Venezuelan War of Independence/stalemate 1816

Famous quotes containing the words war, independence and/or stalemate:

    They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
    Bible: Hebrew Isaiah 2:4.

    There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.
    Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)

    Courage is in the air in bracing whiffs
    Better than all the stalemate an’s and ifs.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)