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We're going to pray a lot and picket a lot.

Cesar Chavez

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Cesar Chavez
Age: 66 †
Born: 1927
Born: March 31
Died: 1993
Died: April 23
Civil Rights Activist
Human Rights Activist
Laborer
Politician
Trade Unionist
Yuma
Arizona
César Chávez
César Estrada Chávez
Cesar Estrada Chavez
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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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Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
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Together, all things are possible
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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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Our struggle is not easy. Those who oppose our cause are rich and powerful and they have many allies in high places. We are poor. Our allies are few. But we have something the rich do not own. We have our bodies and spirits and the justice of our cause as our weapons.
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Look at the John Birch Society. Look at Hitler. The reactionaries are always better organizers.
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Non violence means people in action. People have to understand that with non-violence goes a hell of a lot of organization.
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Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
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We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess - their very lives.
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You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
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A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know it means dignity.
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It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
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If you're not frightened that you might fail, you'll never do the job. If you're frightened, you'll work like crazy.
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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.
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The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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Our very lives are dependent, for sustenance, on the sweat and sacrifice of the campesinos. Children of farm workers should be as proud of their parents' professions as other children are of theirs.
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In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems we need perfect participation.
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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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