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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.

Cesar Chavez

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Cesar Chavez
Age: 66 †
Born: 1927
Born: March 31
Died: 1993
Died: April 23
Civil Rights Activist
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Yuma
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César Chávez
César Estrada Chávez
Cesar Estrada Chavez
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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 are tired of words, of betrayals, of indifference...they years are gone when the farm worker said nothing an did nothing to help himself...Now we have new faith. Through our strong will, our movement is changing these conditions...We shall be heard.
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