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The thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves.
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
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Yuma
Arizona
César Chávez
César Estrada Chávez
Cesar Estrada Chavez
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Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
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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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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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It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
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We know we cannot defend to be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them - exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and yes, exploiting animals in the name of food.
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It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
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To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream the second is persistence.
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History will judge societies and governments - and their institutions - not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless.
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Our union represents a breaking away...represents sharing a power, represent questioning, represents a new force...however long it takes, we are geared for a struggle.
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When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again.
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We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation.
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There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.
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Money is not going to organize the disadvantaged, the powerless, or the poor. We need other weapons. That's why the War on Poverty is such a miserable failure. You put out a big pot of money and all you do is fight over it. Then you run out of money and you run out of troops.
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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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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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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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In this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves a shallow legacy. In the end, we will be judged by other standards.
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Look at the John Birch Society. Look at Hitler. The reactionaries are always better organizers.
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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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In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
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