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date: 15 May 2025

Dolores Ibarruri (‘La Pasionaria’) 1895–1989
Spanish Communist leader 

  1. No pasarán.
    They shall not pass.
    radio broadcast, Madrid, 19 July 1936; see Anonymous
  2. It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
    also attributed to Emiliano Zapata
    speech in Paris, 3 September 1936