"EL REVOLUCIONARIO, PARA LUCHAR Y CONSTRUIR, NO TIENE QUE ECHAR POR LA BORDA EL PASADO, LOS MEXICANOS ESTAMOS LEJOS DE NECESITAR MANUMITIRNOS DE NUESTRA HISTORIA: PARA AFIRMAR NUESTRO PRESENTE Y, SOBRE TODO, NUESTRO FUTURO, NO TENEMOS PORQUE ROMPER LO QUE NOS VINCULA CON EL PASADO.
NO ES LA HISTORIA LA QUE NOS ESTORBA, AL CONTRARIO, ALIGERA LOS ESFUERZOS, NOS PUEDE BRINDAR MAS DE UNA LUZ Y SAVIA SUFICIENTE PARA NUTRIR LA IMAGINACION Y ESTIMULAR UNA REALISTA Y PRUDENTE AUDACIA"

JESUS REYES HEROLES.

The sign contains a quote from the words of a member of the House of Representatives of Mexico, diplomat, historian and professor - Jesús Reyes Heroles, who was one of the promoters of democracy in Mexico.

The statue was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
"THE REVOLUTIONARY, IN ORDER TO FIGHT AND BUILD, DOES NOT HAVE TO THROW OVER THE PAST, WE MEXICANS ARE FAR FROM NEEDING TO FREE OURSELVES FROM OUR HISTORY: TO AFFIRM OUR PRESENT AND, ABOVE ALL, OUR FUTURE, WE DO NOT HAVE TO BREAK WHAT LINKS US WITH THE PAST.
IT IS NOT HISTORY THAT HINDERS US, ON THE CONTRARY, IT LIGHTENS EFFORTS, IT CAN PROVIDE US WITH MORE THAN ONE LIGHT AND SUFFICIENT SAP TO NOURISH THE IMAGINATION AND STIMULATE A REALISTIC AND PRUDENT AUDACITY"

JESUS REYES HEROLES.