Answer violence with violence. If one of us falls today, five of them must fall tomorrow. |
By this time I had fallen in love with him as we both came from the same type of humble back ground. Also because he put his energy behind working people. With the power of the shirtless ones (the poor) he was swept to power. He was then put under arrest so we decided to get married secretly . |
Charity seperates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets them on the same level with the rich. |
I am my own woman. |
I am my own woman. |
I am my own woman. |
I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron and my people. |
I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows. |
I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with. |
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 . |
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. |
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. |
I know that, like every woman of the people, I have more strength than I appear to have. |
I was born Maria Eva Duarte in one of those miserable dry and sleepy little towns in 1919. |
I will come again, and I will be millions. |