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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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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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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Without fanaticism we cannot accomplish anything.
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Where there is a worker, there lies a nation.
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Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun.
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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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I was very sad for many days when I discovered that in the world there were poor people and rich people; and the strange thing is that the existence of the poor did not cause me as much pain as the knowledge that at the same time there were people who were rich.
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If I fall, look out for the crash. There won't be anyone left standing.
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Time is my greatest enemy.
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Answer violence with violence. If one of us falls today, five of them must fall tomorrow.