Simón Bolívar

Also known as The Liberator, The Liberator of America

Venezuelan statesman and military officer (1783–1830)

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Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military leader and statesman who lived from 1783 to 1830 and played a major role in South American independence movements. He is historically significant because he led several territories in northern South America to independence from Spanish colonial rule during the early 19th century.

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Born: 1783
Died: 1830
Works: 236

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Segundo centenario del libertador, Don Simón Bolívar y Palacios 1783-1830
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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Jamaica
Active from: 1949-12-19
Active to: 2014-10-12

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Listeners: 122
Total plays: 381

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Quotes

“A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into a tyranny; it disregards the principles which it should preserve, and finally degenerates into despotism. The distinguishing characteristic of small republics is stability: the character of large republics is mutability.”
“Among the popular and representative systems of government I do not approve of the federal system: it is too perfect; and it requires virtues and political talents much superior to our own.”
“The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.”
“Colombians! My last wish is for the happiness of the patria. If my death contributes to the end of partisanship and the consolidation of the union, I shall be lowered in peace into my grave.”
“The three greatest fools of History have been Jesus Christ, Don Quixote . . . and me!”
“Do not compare your material forces with those of the enemy. Spirit cannot be compared with matter. You are human beings, they are beasts. You are free, they are slaves. Fight, and you shall win. For God grants victory to perseverance.”

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Image: Simón Bolívar by Acevedo Bernal, 1922.jpg
Number of children: 0

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name in native language: Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios
Commons category: Simón Bolívar
date of birth: 1783-07-24
date of death: 1830-12-17
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Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military officer and statesman who led what are currently the countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela to independence from the Spanish Empire. He is known colloquially as El Libertador, or the Liberator of America.

Bolívar was born in Caracas in the Captaincy General of Venezuela into a wealthy family of American-born Spaniards (criollo) but lost both parents as a child. He was educated abroad and lived in Spain, as was common for men of upper-class families in his day. While living in Madrid from 1800 to 1802, he was introduced to Enlightenment philosophy and married María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa, who died in Venezuela from yellow fever in 1803. From 1803 to 1805, Bolívar embarked on a Grand Tour that ended in Rome, where he swore to end Spanish rule in the Americas. In 1807, Bolívar returned to Venezuela and promoted Venezuelan independence to other wealthy creoles. When Napoleon's Peninsular War weakened Spanish authority, Bolívar became a zealous combatant and politician in the Spanish American wars of independence.