Epigraph

Extract Raro don, don excelso, es la justicia. Todo hombre tiene un poco de león, y quiere para si en la vida la parte del león. Se queja de la opresión ajena, pero apenas puede oprimir, oprime. Claro contra el monopolio ajeno, pero apenas puede monopolizar, monopoliza. No en balde, cuando el Libro de los Hebreos quería dar nombre a un varón admirable, lo llamaba “un justo.”A rare gift is justice, gift sublime. Every man has a bit of the lion in him and wants the share of life for himself. He complains of oppression by others, but no sooner is he able to oppress than he oppresses. He cries out against another’s monopoly, but as soon as he can monopolize, he monopolizes. No wonder when the Old Testament wanted to name an admirable man, it called him “one who was just.”José Martí, Obras Completas (1891) Dignaos conceder a Venezuela un gobierno eminentemente popular, eminentemente justo, eminentemente moral, que encadene la opresión, la anarquía, y la culpa. Un gobierno que haga reinar la inocencia, la humanidad, y la paz. Un gobierno que haga triunfar … la igualdad y la libertad.Let us give Venezuela a government that is eminently popular, eminently just, and eminently moral, that can rein in oppression, anarchy, and blame. A government that can make innocence, humanity, and peace reign. A government that can make equality and liberty triumph.Simón Bolívar, Discurso de Angostura (1819)