The land belongs to the people who work it.

- Emiliano Zapata

The enemies of the country and of freedom of the people have always denounced as bandits those who sacrifice themselves for the noble causes of the p…

- Emiliano Zapata

The land free, the land free for all, land without overseers and without masters.

- Emiliano Zapata

I forgive those who murder and steal because they did it out of necessity, but a traitor never.

- Emiliano Zapata

I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees.

- Emiliano Zapata

If there is not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government.

- Emiliano Zapata

I want to die a slave to principles. Not to men.

- Emiliano Zapata

Seek justice from tyrannical governments not with your hat in your hands but with a rifle in your fist.

- Emiliano Zapata

One of the happiest days of my life is when I made five or six hundred pesos from a crop of watermelons I raise all on my own.

- Emiliano Zapata