Si me matan, resucitaré en el pueblo salvadoreño.
“If they kill me, I will rise again in the Salvadoran people.”
Romero, aware his outspoken defense of the poor placed his life at risk, expressed that his cause and spirit would endure through the people even if he were assassinated.
— Óscar Romero, El Salvador
Source: Óscar Romero, remarks given in an interview days before his assassination, March 1980 (widely documented, e.g. James R. Brockman, Romero: A Life, 1989)
More Proverbs from El Salvador
The shrimp that falls asleep is carried away by the current.
Those who fail to stay alert and act will be overtaken by events or lose their opportunity.
God helps the one who rises early.
Diligence and an early start are rewarded; effort invites good fortune.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Do not criticize or question the value of something given to you freely.
Better late than never.
Doing something after a delay is still preferable to never doing it.
There is no bad from which good does not come.
Even misfortune can eventually lead to a positive outcome.
A dog that barks does not bite.
Loud threats often come from those least likely to actually cause harm.