“Colombians! My last wish is for the happiness of the patria.…”

“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.”

— Simón Bolívar

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Source

Title: Wikiquote: Simón Bolívar
Type: reference · Secondary source
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Context

Final proclamation to the people of Colombia (8 December 1830), as quoted in Man of Glory : Simón Bolívar (1939) by Thomas Rourke

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Bolívar, Simón. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Simón Bolívar. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Simón_Bolívar

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