Emiliano Zapata quotes
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“I want to die a slave to principles. Not to men.”
-- Emiliano ZapataSource : "Heroes of Mexico" by Morris Rosenblum, (p. 112), 1969.
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“The enemies of the country and of freedom of the people have always denounced as bandits those who sacrifice themselves for the noble causes of the people.”
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“Its better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.”
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“The land belongs to those who work it with their own hands.”
-- Emiliano ZapataSource : "Mexican Social Movements and the Transition to Democracy". Book by John Stolle-McAllister, 2005.
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“If there is not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government.”
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“The land free, the land free for all, land without overseers and without masters ...”
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“We do not want the peace of slaves nor the peace of the grave.”
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“One of the happiest days of my life is when I made five or six hundred pesos from a crop of watermelons I raise all on my own.”
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“I forgive those who murder and steal because they did it out of necessity, but a traitor never.”
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“The land belongs to the people who work it,”
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“Seek justice from tyrannical governments not with your hat in your hands but with a rifle in your fist.”
-- Emiliano Zapata
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