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When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering, and caring for his own family, the whole community of man is sick.
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
Cesar Estrada Chavez
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We are certain God's will is that all men share in the good things this earth produces.
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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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The thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves.
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We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
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The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is also the most true to our nature.
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I think one of the great, great problems...is confusing people to the point where they become immobile. In fact, the more things people can find out for themselves, the more vigor the organization is going to have.
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Concentration is inspiration. You must be completely overtaken by your work and your subject. Only then do all your influences and experience come up to the surface.
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...the workers aren't going to stop struggling. They're going to struggle to have a union and they have the right to have it. The police repression and the grower indifference to the workers' demands for recognition cannot go unheard so we're going to keep on struggling until we get that recognition.
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There's no reason to be non-violent. There's no challenge unless you are living for people.
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Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
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