The Liberator, with his clear wisdom, also revealed to us the formula for victory by assuring that moral virtue and courage outweigh numbers. Furthermore, he left us a powerful statement that we now raise as a banner: “Fortunately, it has often been seen that a handful of free men defeat powerful empires.” In every historical juncture, Venezuela has proven to be the living proof of this principle: the brave handful of free men and women who have defeated the most powerful powers in the world.