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Juan Domingo Perón
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thumb|Perón as President of Argentina.
Juan Domingo Perón (8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine military officer and politician who served as President of Argentina from 1946 to 1955, and from 1973 to 1974. He was the founder of the political doctrine known as «Justicialism».
Quotes
1945
Dejo el honroso uniforme que me entregó la patria, para vestir la casaca del civil y mezclarme con esa masa sufriente y sudorosa que elabora el trabajo y la grandeza de la patria.
Translation: "I leave behind the honorable uniform bestowed upon me by my homeland to wear civilian clothes and join that suffering, hard-working multitude whose labor builds the greatness of our nation."
Juan Domingo Perón, addressing workers in Plaza de Mayo on 17 October 1945, reproduced in "Discurso del 17 de octubre", Argentina Histórica.
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