Jose Marti
Jose Marti (1853-1895), full name Jose Julian Marti, was a Cuban patriot who fought for Cuban independence and lived as an exile in New York. Marti founded Cuban Revolutionary Party in 1892, but eventually killed by Spanish after landing in Cuba to lead the revolt.Wisdom & Quotes
- Like bone to the human body, and the axle to the wheel, and the song to a bird, and air to the wing, thus is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.
- Do something useful and you will have everything you want. Doors are shut for those who are dull and lazy; life is secure for those who obey the law of work.
- America is a land of creators and rebels.
- Our wine is bitter, but it is our wine.
- Strength comes from waiting.
- I am not a man speaking but a people protesting.
- The brave forget. It is those who fought less bravely, or those who fought without justice and live in fear of their victory, who forget the least.
- Nature has placed the need to see justice done in some souls, and the need to flout and affront it in others.
- A poem is something sacred. Let no one take it for anything except itself.
- Man have no special right because they belong to one race or another: the word man defines all rights.
- The dagger plunged in the name of Freedom is plunged into the breast of Freedom.
Jules Henri Poincare