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Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Bartolomé de las Casas
Born: 1484
Died: July 18, 1566 (aged 82)
Bio: Bartolomé de las Casas was a 16th-century Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar. He became the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians".
Known for:
- History of the Indies
- In defense of the Indians