If we mean to support the liberty and independence which has cost us so much blood and treasure to establish, we must drive far away the demon of party spirit and local reproach.

Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself.

Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.

Independence, like honor, is a rocky island, without a beach.

We rejoice especially in the prosperity, the stability and the independence of all of the American Republics.

We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence.