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Dolores Ibárruri

“It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!”
- Dolores Ibárruri,
- speech (1936), They Shall Not Pass (1966)
“Better die standing, than live kneeling.”
- Dolores Ibárruri,
- 1936, Speeches and Articles 1936-1938 (1938)

Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish political leader, revolutionary, journalist

(1895 - 1989)

Full name: Dolores Gomez Ibárruri. Also known as La Pasionaria.