Evita Peron famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun.
-- Evita Peron

#Mirrors #Shadow #Sun
Without fanaticism we cannot accomplish anything.
-- Evita Peron

#Inspirational #Accomplish #Fanaticism
I had watched for many years and seen how a few rich families held much of Argentina's wealth and power in their hands. So Peron and the government brought in an eight hour working day , sickness pay and fair wages to give poor workers a fair go .
-- Evita Peron

#Eight #Government #Hands
My biggest fear in life is to be forgotten.
-- Evita Peron

#Life Is #Forgotten
Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.
-- Evita Peron

#Charity #Levels #Rich
Time is my greatest enemy.
-- Evita Peron

#History #Enemy
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.
-- Evita Peron

#Pain #People #World
If I fall, look out for the crash. There won't be anyone left standing.
-- Evita Peron

#Fall #Looks #Crash
Answer violence with violence. If one of us falls today, five of them must fall tomorrow.
-- Evita Peron

#Fall #Answers #Today
Where there is a worker, there lies a nation.
-- Evita Peron

#Lying #Reconstruction #Workers
You must want! You have the right to ask! You must desire.
-- Evita Peron

#Desire #Want
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.
-- Evita Peron

#Respect #Men #Individual
In government, one actress is enough.
-- Evita Peron

#Government #Actresses #Enough
I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron and my people.
-- Evita Peron

#Simple #People
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.
-- Evita Peron

#Men #Generosity #Doe
Sometimes I have wished my insults were slaps or lashes; I've wanted to hit people in the face and make them see, if only for a day, what I see each day I help people.
-- Evita Peron

#People #Each Day #Faces
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.
-- Evita Peron

#Names #People #Patriotism
If I have to apply five turns to the screw each day for the happiness of Argentina, I will do it.
-- Evita Peron

#Argentina #Each Day #Turns
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.
-- Evita Peron

#Rights #Government #Hands
I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.
-- Evita Peron

#Inspiring #Women #Rights
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.
-- Evita Peron

#Heart #People #Soul
I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows.
-- Evita Peron

#Sparrows #Flocks
To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time.
-- Evita Peron

#Take Time #Convince #Oneself
When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.
-- Evita Peron

#Thinking #Ideas #History
Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it.
-- Evita Peron

#Book #History #Use
Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all
-- Evita Peron

#Doe #Poverty #Aids

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