Venezuelan War of Independence/spanish Reconquest of New Granada 1815

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

    “Tanks. In any normal war they’re a beautiful sight, on your side.”
    —Richard Blake, and William Cameron Menzies. Col. Fielding (Millburn Stone)

    “To drive men from independence to live on alms, is itself great cruelty.”
    —Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

    “Ferdinand De Soto, sleeping
    In the river, never heard
    Four-and-twenty Spanish hooves
    Fling off their iron and cut the green,
    Leaving circles new and clean
    While overhead the wing-tips whirred.”
    —Mark Van Doren (1894–1973)