Evita Peron Quotes & Sayings

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. — Evita Peron

You must want! You have the right to ask! You must desire. — Evita Peron

I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows. — Evita Peron

Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun. — Evita Peron

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

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. — Evita Peron

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

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

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

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 . — Evita Peron

When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas. — Evita Peron

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

Time is my greatest enemy. — Evita Peron

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

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

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

I will return and I will be a million. — Evita Peron

Suffer little children and come unto me. — Evita Peron

Without fanaticism we cannot accomplish anything. — Evita Peron

My biggest fear in life is to be forgotten. — Evita Peron

Where there is a worker, there lies a nation. — Evita Peron

I want nothing for myself ... My glory is and always will be ... the banner of my people, and even if I leave shreds of my life on the wayside I know that you will gather them up in my name and carry them like a flag to victory. — Evita Peron

In government, one actress is enough. — Evita Peron

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

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

One cannot accomplish anything without fanatacism. — Evita Peron

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. — Evita Peron

I am my own woman. — Evita 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. — Evita Peron

I was very sad for many days when I discovered that in the world there were poor people and rich people; and the strange thing is that the existence of the poor did not cause me as much pain as the knowledge that at the same time there were people who were rich. — Evita Peron

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

I will come again, and I will be millions. — Evita Peron

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