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Daniel Domingo Salamanca Urey was a Bolivian politician who served as the 33rd president of Bolivia from 1931 to 1934 until he was overthrown in a coup d'état on November 27, 1934, during the country's disastrous Chaco War with Paraguay. Bolivian historians have referred to him as "El Hombre Símbolo" , as a president who carefully cultivated an appearance of integrity and nationalism. Wikipedia  

✵ 8. July 1863 – 17. July 1935
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Famous Daniel Salamanca Quotes

“It is very easy to be a skilled man at the head of a powerful country. The difficult thing is to be one when representing a weak country.”

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“The political friend of today is the possible enemy of tomorrow. And vice versa. All those who work by a calculation of interest in politics must take that into account. Neither give your secrets to the friend nor give the adversary blows that cannot be forgotten.”

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“In general, past things come to be in the memory not as they were, but as we would like or how we wanted them to have been.”

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Daniel Salamanca Quotes

“In some grocery stores there is an expressive sign that says: Today I don't trust, tomorrow I do. I have some desire to compare that sign the promises of happiness that life gives us.”

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“Every time we experience a misfortune or a setback, we need to find a culprit. We accuse the wind if there is no other.”

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“All those who are not criticized, err. Those who are not watched, abuse. Those who are spoiled, become fat. Those who are applauded, are puffed up. A true superiority of spirit is needed to save oneself from those consequences.”

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“The smallest evil that is inflicted on us seems to us a monstrous and horrible injustice. On the contrary, we are willing to consider the evils of others' light and to excuse and mitigate the injustices suffered by them.”

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“We don't have to complain about human selfishness: everyone cares about us, and even our enemies would like to correct our defects.”

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“Everyone is sensitive to pain: only the various kinds of misfortunes affect everyone differently and to varying degrees.”

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“As night is coming and my strength is exhausted, with no hope of anything better, I have only to display the meager harvest that I have accidentally picked.”

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