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  • Better to die on your feet, than live on your knees. ~ Emiliano Zapata

    05/07/2020 5:21:37 AM PDT · by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin · 18 replies
    Texas State University Newsroom ^ | 17 September 2018 | Sandy Pantlik
    “It’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees!”Emiliano Zapata was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution. As a revolutionary, he commanded the Liberation Army of the South, an important brigade on a mission to force the Mexican government to return lands taken by the elite ruling class to local peoples. Zapata was known as an unrepentant champion of equality for the poor. His famous quote, “It’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees,” provides modern day scholars a view of his resolve for a cause that remains relevant in political debates....