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Roque Dalton Quotes

1935–1975 El Salvador

Roque Antonio Dalton García (San Salvador, El Salvador, 14 May 1935 – Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, 10 May 1975), born Roque Antonio García, better known as Roque Dalton, was a Salvadoran poet, essayist, journalist, communist activist, and intellectual.

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Also known as: Roque Antonio Dalton García, Roque Antonio García

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Laws are created to be followed
by the poor.
Laws are made by the rich
to bring some order to exploitation.
The poor are the only law abiders in history.
When the poor make laws
the rich will be no more.

You’ve already eaten the body of Francisco Morazán...
and now you want to eat Honduras
You need to be slapped
given electric shocks
psychoanalysed
to return to your true self

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Roque Dalton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.