Venezuelan War of Independence/the First Republic 1810

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

    “This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final Note stating that, unless we heard from them by 11 o’clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently this country is at war with Germany.”
    —Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940)

    “The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

    “Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the republic of the guillotine.”
    —Albert Camus (1913–1960)