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.
Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun.
I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows.
When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.
Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it.
I will come again, and I will be millions.
I know that, like every woman of the people, I have more strength than I appear to have.
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 .
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.
One cannot accomplish anything without fanatacism.
I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron and my people.
Time is my greatest enemy.
In government, one actress is enough.
I am my own woman.
Where there is a worker, there lies a nation.
Suffer little children and come unto me.
I will return and I will be a million.
Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.
My biggest fear in life is to be forgotten.
If I have to apply five turns to the screw each day for the happiness of Argentina, I will do it.
Answer violence with violence. If one of us falls today, five of them must fall tomorrow.
