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The country must be governed by someone who really loves his people and his land, who shares wealth and progress. I have all that, only that I am ignorant. "

— Pancho Villa

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Men will not forget that Pancho Villa was loyal to the cause of the people.

Pancho Villa: Rebel of the Mexican Revolution (2006)

I am not an educated man. I never had an opportunity to learn anything except how to fight..

I, Pancho Villa, was a loyal man that destiny brought the world to fight for the good of the poor and that I will never betray nor forget my duty."

Companions of arms and lords. Do not believe that the one who is going to speak to them is a philosopher, I am a man of people, but you will understand that these men when they speak, speak with the heart.

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