Adversity, Citizen Deputies, discourages none but contemptible peoples; ours has been ennobled by great feats and we are far from being shorn of the immense obstacles, material and moral, which the country will oppose…" - Meaning and context.">
Juarez and his Mexico : A Biographical History (1968) by Ralph Roeder, Vol. 2, p. 511
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Adversity, Citizen Deputies, discourages none but contemptible peoples; ours has been ennobled by great feats and we are far from being shorn of the immense obstacles, material and moral, which the country will oppose…

— Benito Juárez

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Adversity, Citizen Deputies, discourages none but contemptible peoples; ours has been ennobled by great feats and we are far from being shorn of the immense obstacles, material and moral, which the country will oppose…" in the context of "Juarez and his Mexico : A Biographical History (1968) by Ralph Roeder, Vol. 2, p. 511" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Benito Juárez

About Benito Juárez

Benito Pablo Juárez García (21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872), known primarily as Benito Juárez, was a Mexican politician; a full-blooded Zapotec, he became the first indigenous national to serve as President of Mexico, from 1861 to 1863 and from 1867 to 1872.