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
One revolution is still necessary: the one that will not end with the rule of its leader. It will be the revolution against revolutions, the uprising of all peaceable individuals, who will become soldiers for once so that neither they nor anyone else will ever have to be a soldier again.
He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter.
The truthe wakes up once and never dies.
A poem is something sacred. Let no one Take it for anything except itself.
I have lived in the monster and I know its insides; and my sling is the sling of David .
My poems please the brave : My poems, short and sincere , Have the force of steel Which forges swords .
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.