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It’s better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

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Emiliano Zapata

Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919)

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  • P Menon
    P Menon
    Its better to die for something close to your heart-something you are agreeable with than to blindly ape somebody or be sweet talked into a morass-so to say
    LikeReply6 years ago
  • Robert Gallegos
    Robert Gallegos
    From a Mexican indian.....
    LikeReply 19 years ago

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pli bone estas morti sur viaj piedoj ol vivi sur viaj genuoj.

es mejor morir de pie que vivir de rodillas.

膝の上で生きるよりも、足で死ぬほうがいいです。

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