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You are never strong enough that you don't need help.

Cesar Chavez

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Cesar Chavez
Age: 66 †
Born: 1927
Born: March 31
Died: 1993
Died: April 23
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César Chávez
César Estrada Chávez
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The thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves.
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There's no turning back...We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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In non-violence the cause has to be just and clear as well as the means.
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Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.
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it is clearly evident that our path travels through a valley of teas well known to all farm workers, because in all valleys the way of the farm worker has bene one of sacrifice for generations. Our sweat and our blood have fallen on this land to make other men rich. This Pilgrimage is a witness to the suffering we have seen for generations.
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There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.
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Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
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Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. Cesar Chavez Address to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Nov. 9, 1984
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The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God.
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If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.
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Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.
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We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.
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When workers fall back on violence, they are lost. Oh, they might win some of their demands and might end a strike a little earlier, but they give up their imagination, their creativity, their will to work hard and to suffer for what they believe is right.
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I've always maintained that it isn't the form that's going to make the difference. It isn't the rule or the procedure or the ideology, but it's human beings that will make it.
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If we are full of hatred, we can't really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan.
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Years of misguided teaching have resulted in the destruction of the best in our society, in our cultures and in the environment.
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