Viva Zapata!

Sometimes a dead man can be a terrible enemy.

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Díaz: Can you prove that you own this field? Lazaro: Our village has owned this land since before history. We have a paper from the Spanish crown. We have a paper from the Mexican republic. [holding up worn leather case]

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Díaz: These matters take time. You must be patient. Emiliano: With your permission, my president. We make our tortillas out of corn, not patience. And patience will not cross an armed and guarded fence.

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Emiliano: Who do you think he is? Pablo: A stranger... look at his clothes. Eufemio: Emiliano, shall I kill him? Emiliano: No. Shoot in front of him again. Pablo: Careful. Don't hit him. Eufemio: When I want to hit him, I hit him. When I want to miss him, I miss him. Pablo: A man has been known to die of a close miss.

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Fernando: I have no weapons. Eufemio: What's this? [points to typewriter] Fernando: Writing machine. Sword of the mind.

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Emiliano: Madero! Pablo: Yes. You remember I read to you about him. Emiliano: You promised to teach me to read! Pablo: I will, I will.

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