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
We are free, but no to be evil
The force of passion is balanced by the force of interest.
Charm is a product of the unexpected.
Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all.
But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed souls, will cast down with a single shove.
One is guilty of all abjection that one does not help to relieve.
To give one's life is a right only when one gives it unselfishly.