I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.

Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all

Time is my greatest enemy.

Put down me for a lifetime of success: give me credit, I'll find ways of paying.

I want nothing for myself... My glory is and always will be... the banner of my people, and even if I leave shreds of my life on the wayside I know that you will gather them up in my name and carry them like a flag to victory.

If I have to apply five turns to the screw each day for the happiness of Argentina, I will do it.

Sometimes I have wished my insults were slaps or lashes; I've wanted to hit people in the face and make them see, if only for a day, what I see each day I help people.