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José Martí — Portrait after a picture by Cuba. Secretaría de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons.

The quotations of

José Martí

Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist

1853–1895

18 quotes, most often on Love, Government and Politics.

One must have faith in the best in men and distrust the worst. One must allow the best to be shown so that it reveals and prevails over the worst.
Our America (1891)
- Good & Evil
The soul, equal and eternal, emanates from bodies of different shapes and colors. Whoever foments and spreads antagonism and hate between the races, sins against humanity.
Our America (1891)
- Race
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.
Martí: Thoughts/Pensamientos (1994)
- Character
- Inspiration

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