[PW] "Better to Die on Your Feet" (Quotation Query #641)

[Dan Clinton]

The English Wiki article omits this paragraph: "Algunas citas de sus 
discursos, como «Más vale morir de pie que vivir de rodillas» o su «¡No 
pasarán!», forman ya parte del imaginario colectivo de toda la Humanidad."


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Shapiro" <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
To: <list at project-wombat.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [PW] "Better to Die on Your Feet" (Quotation Query #641)


> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Fred Shapiro wrote:
>
>> According to that great quotation resource, Wikipedia, "It is better to
>> die on your feet than live on your knees" was originated (in a Spanish
>> version, of course), not by Zapata or La Pasionara, but by Jose Marti.
>> Can anyone point me to any evidence for this assertion?  John Dyson?
>
> Spelling should be "La Pasionaria."
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
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