Evita Peron
Evita Peron
María Eva Duarte de Perónwas the second wife of Argentine President Juan Perónand served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is usually referred to as Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita...
NationalityArgentinian
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth7 May 1919
I will return and I will be a million.
strength
I know that, like every woman of the people, I have more strength than I appear to have.
I will come again, and I will be millions.
government actresses enough
In government, one actress is enough.
respect men individual
Almsgiving leaves a man just where he was before. Aid restores him to society as an individual worthy of all respect and not as a man with a grievance.
each-day argentina turns
If I have to apply five turns to the screw each day for the happiness of Argentina, I will do it.
giving way credit
Put down me for a lifetime of success: give me credit, I'll find ways of paying.
sparrows flocks
I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows.
thinking ideas history
When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.
government hands rights
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.
book history use
Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it.
poverty doe poor
Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all
simple people
I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron and my people.
charity levels rich
Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.