Benito Juarez Quotes

Mexico, Lawyer
March 21, 1806 – July, 18, 1872.

Benito Pablo Juárez García (Spanish: [beˈnito ˈpaβlo ˈxwaɾes gaɾˈsi.a] (About this sound listen); 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872)nwas a Mexican lawyer and liberal politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca.

Also known as Politician

Men are nothing, principles are everything.

Benito Juarez
I have always tried to do everything that's been in my power to defend and sustain our institutions. I have demonstrated in my public life that I loyally serve my country and that I love freedom. It has been my sole purpose to propose what I think best for your highest interests, which are to strengthen peace in the future and strengthen our institutions.

Benito Juarez
- Life
- Country
- Power

Respect for the rights of others means peace.

Benito Juarez
- Respect
- Peace
As a son of the people, I could never forget that my only goal should be their greater prosperity.

Benito Juarez
- People
- Son
- Forget
The government has a sacred duty to address the nation and make it listen to the voice of its greatest rights and interests.

Benito Juarez
- Government
- Interests
Let us trust that all Mexicans, taught by the prolonged and painful experience of the calamities of war, will cooperate in the future for the wellbeing and the prosperity of the nation, which can only be obtained through an undoubted respect for the law and an obedience to the authorities elected by the people.

Benito Juarez
- People
- Experience
- War
Freedom for me is the sacred right to think ... education is the fundamental part for social happiness: it is the principle on which liberty rests, and the growth of all towns.

Benito Juarez
- Think
- Freedom
- Education
The emission of ideas by the press ought to be as free as the human capacity for thought.

Benito Juarez
- Free
- Human
- Capacity