Emiliano Zapata Quotes

#1. I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees

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#2. It's better to die upon your feet than to live upon your knees!

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#3. I want to die as a slave to principles, not to men.

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#4. Seek justice from tyrannical governments not with your hat in your hands but with a rifle in your fist.

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#5. 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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#6. I would rather die on my feet than continue living on my knees.

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#7. I forgive those who murder and steal because they did it out of necessity, but a traitor never.

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#8. It's better to die standing than live on your knees.

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#9. 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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#10. It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

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#11. It is better to die fighting than to die on your knees.

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#12. The land belongs to those who work it with their own hands.

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#13. I would rather die on my feet then live on my knees

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#14. The land free, the land free for all, land without overseers and without masters ...

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#15. I want to die a slave to principles. Not to men.

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#16. The land belongs to the people who work it,

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#17. If there is not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government.

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#18. We do not want the peace of slaves nor the peace of the grave.

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