Venezuelan War of Independence/the Second Republic 1813

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

    That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back.
    Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

    We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.
    —Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu (1689–1755)

    Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men.
    Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)