Evita Peron

“I will return and I will be a million.”

“In government, one actress is enough.”

“When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.”

“I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron and my people.”

“To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time.”

“I will come again, and I will be millions.”

“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 .”

“My biggest fear in life is to be forgotten.”

“Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.”

“I am my own woman.”

“Time is my greatest enemy.”

“Answer violence with violence. If one of us falls today, five of them must fall tomorrow.”

“Suffer little children and come unto me.”

“One cannot accomplish anything without fanatacism.”

“I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows.”

“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.”

“I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.”

“Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun.”

“Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it.”

“Where there is a worker, there lies a nation.”