Jose Marti
Jose Marti
José Julián Martí Pérezis a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature. In his short life, he was a poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, a Freemason, a political theorist, and supporter of Henry George's economic reforms known as Georgism. Through his writings and political activity, he became a symbol for Cuba's bid for independence against Spain in the 19th century, and is referred to as the "Apostle...
NationalityCuban
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth28 January 1853
CountryCuba
If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that no one is denied bread and, so as to give a lesson of charity, especially those who did not bring flour.
He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter.
Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo.
The only way to be totally free is through education.
The first duty of a man is to think for himself
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
The truthe wakes up once and never dies.
Day and night I always dream with open eyes." - José Martí
It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.
The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well.
A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots.
Our wine is bitter, but it is our wine.
In a time of crisis, the peoples of the world must rush to get to know each other.
Hatred, slavery's inevitable aftermath.