"I want to die a slave to principles. Not to men."
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As quoted in Heroes of Mexico (1969) by Morris Rosenblum, p. 112
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Emiliano Zapata
1910 â 1920
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (8 August 1879 â 10 April 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910â1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo.
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