Emiliano Zapata Quotations

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

I would rather die on my feet than continue living on my knees.

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

The land belongs to the people who work it,

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.

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

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

I forgive those who murder and steal because they did it out of necessity, but a traitor never.

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.

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