Venezuelan War of Independence/stalemate 1816

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

    The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    The subject of the novel is reality liberated from soul. The reader in complete independence presented with a structured process: let him evaluate it, not the author. The façade of the novel cannot be other than stone or steel, flashing electrically or dark, but silent.
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    Courage is in the air in bracing whiffs
    Better than all the stalemate an’s and ifs.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)