Quotes from Emiliano Zapata

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

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

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

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.

I'd rather die on my feet, than live upon my knees.

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

Men of the South! It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!

Land and Freedom!

Seek justice from tyrannical governments not with your hat in your hand but a rifle in your fist

The one who wants to be an eagle that flies, who wants to be a worm that crawls but does not scream when someone step on it "

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

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

The land belongs to the people who work it.

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.

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