I am my own woman. |
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. |
Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it. |
Suffer little children and come unto me. |
Answer violence with violence. If one of us falls today, five of them must fall tomorrow. |
To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time. |
Time is my greatest enemy. |
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 . |
Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun. |
I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron and my people. |
When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas. |
I will come again, and I will be millions. |
Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich. |
I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with. |
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. |
Where there is a worker, there lies a nation. |
In government, one actress is enough. |
One cannot accomplish anything without fanatacism. |
I know that, like every woman of the people, I have more strength than I appear to have. |