“Among the popular and representative systems of government I…”

“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.”

— Simón Bolívar

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Title: Wikiquote: Simón Bolívar
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Context

Letter from Jamaica (Summer 1815)

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

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