Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Emiliano Zapata

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo.

Mexican - Revolutionary | August 8, 1879 - April 10, 1919

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

Emiliano Zapata

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

Emiliano Zapata

The land belongs to the people who work it.

Emiliano Zapata

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

Emiliano Zapata

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

Emiliano Zapata

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.

Emiliano Zapata

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

Emiliano Zapata

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

Emiliano Zapata

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.

Emiliano Zapata

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

Emiliano Zapata

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

Emiliano Zapata

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

Emiliano Zapata