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#61 User is offline   USViking 

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Posted 2013-November-01, 18:25

Spanish Civil War Communist leader Dolores Ibarruri (aka "La Pasionaria"):

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Ibarruri spent almost 40 years in exile after her side's defeat. When she returned after Franco's death she was reelected by the same district she had represented before the war.
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Posted 2013-November-01, 23:11

View PostUSViking, on 2013-November-01, 18:25, said:

Spanish Civil War Communist leader Dolores Ibarruri (aka "La Pasionaria"):

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Ibarruri spent almost 40 years in exile after her side's defeat. When she returned after Franco's death she was reelected by the same district she had represented before the war.


Sorry but I can't resist saying I always thought that was Ireland's national motto! A possible alternative is: "At the first sign of crisis the Irish drop to their knees, either to pray or to shoot".

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Posted 2013-November-02, 11:19

I suppose that's better than what they say about the Italians — or the French.
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