Zapata Project 1

“It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.”
"Tierra y Libertad" (Land and Freedom)
“The city is full of sidewalks and I keep falling off of them.”
“I am determined to FIGHT against anything and anyone with
nothing more than the confidence and support of my people."
-In letter to friend and supporter Gildardo Magaña
"I wish to die as a slave to principles, not to men."
“Many of them, so much to curry favor with tyrants, for a fistful of coins,
or through bribery or corruption, are shedding the blood of their brothers.”
“Ignorance and obscurantism, preventing people from obtaining knowledge
have never produced anything other than flocks of slaves for tyranny..."
“Now I can die in PEACE. Finally they have done us JUSTICE.”
-After reading the reports of US representative William Gates, who after meeting with Zapata,
published a string of commentaries in the United States about the struggle in Mexico and said
that "the true social revolution can be found among the Zapatistas."
“As soon as they get a chance, they go where the sun shines brightest.
That’s why I bust those bastards – I can’t stand them.”
-Zapata, talking to Pancho Villa about politicians.