Evita Peron Quotes
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I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.
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You must want! You have the right to ask! You must desire.
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Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all. Almsgiving leaves a man just where he was before. Aid restores him to society as an individual worthy of all respect and not as a man with a grievance. Almsgiving is the generosity of the rich; social aid levels up social inequalities. Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.
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The nation's government has just handed me the bill that grants us our civil rights. I am receiving it before you, certain that I am accepting this on behalf of all Argentinean women, and I can feel my hands tremble with joy as they grasp the laurel proclaiming victory.
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I want nothing for myself... My glory is and always will be... the banner of my people, and even if I leave shreds of my life on the wayside I know that you will gather them up in my name and carry them like a flag to victory.
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Without fanaticism we cannot accomplish anything.
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Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun.
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Where there is a worker, there lies a nation.
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Time is my greatest enemy.
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If I fall, look out for the crash. There won't be anyone left standing.
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I have one thing that counts, and that is my heart; it burns in my soul, it aches in my flesh, and it ignites my nerves: that is my love for the people and Peron.
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My biggest fear in life is to be forgotten.
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Answer violence with violence. If one of us falls today, five of them must fall tomorrow.
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When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.