The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Francisco Villa
- I challenge you to show me a better leader than Pancho Villa.
- A true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.
- It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
- The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.
- I am not a brute or an animal. I am a human being.
- I fight for the rights of the people, not for personal glory.
- The real power is not in the guns, but in the hearts of the people.
- They may kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas.
- I do not aim to be a hero. Heroes die young, and I have much left to do.
- I would rather have a bullet in the chest than live without freedom.
Francisco “Pancho” Villa (1878–1923), born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, was a pivotal figure in the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920). Emerging from a humble background in Durango, Villa became a bandit before joining Francisco Madero’s uprising against the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz.
He quickly gained prominence for his leadership and tactical prowess, particularly with his División del Norte. Villa’s forces won significant battles, including the capture of Ciudad Juárez, which propelled Madero to the presidency. Despite his initial alliance with revolutionary leaders, Villa’s relations soured, leading to conflict with Venustiano Carranza’s government.
In 1916, his raid on Columbus, New Mexico, prompted a punitive expedition by the U.S. military. After years of guerrilla warfare, Villa retired in 1920 under amnesty but was assassinated in 1923. Villa remains a controversial yet enduring symbol of resistance and social justice in Mexican history.
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