Evita Peron Quotes

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.

Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun.

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

You must want! You have the right to ask! You must desire.

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

My biggest fear in life is to be forgotten.

If I fall, look out for the crash. There won't be anyone left standing.

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

Time is my greatest enemy.

Where there is a worker, there lies a nation.

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

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

Our President has declared that the only privileged person in our country are the children.

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

Sometimes I have wished my insults were slaps or lashes; I've wanted to hit people in the face and make them see, if only for a day, what I see each day I help people.

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

Put down me for a lifetime of success: give me credit, I'll find ways of paying.

Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all

If I have to apply five turns to the screw each day for the happiness of Argentina, I will do it.

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

In government, one actress is enough.

I am my own woman.

I know that, like every woman of the people, I have more strength than I appear to have.