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We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.
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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If you are interested in preventing animal suffering, the first thing you should give up is eggs and milk, because the animals who produce those foods lead the most unhappy lives. You would do better to eat meat and stop eating eggs and dairy products.
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We're going to pray a lot and picket a lot.
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Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.
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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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[We believe that unions have always been about much more than the industries in which they operate.] The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, ... It is always about people.
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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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Across the San Joaquin Valley, across California, across the entire Southwest of the United States, wherever there are Mexican people, wherever there are farm workers, our movement is spreading like flames across a dry plain.
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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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In non-violence the cause has to be just and clear as well as the means.
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I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom. It was my dog Boycott who led me to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings.
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Look at the John Birch Society. Look at Hitler. The reactionaries are always better organizers.
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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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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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Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
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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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I would not take one cup of coffee from a grower...There's not a good one. I hate them. A few presents, a little talk, then the noose. That's how capitalism works.
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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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When you have people together who believe in something very strongly - whether it's religion or politics or unions - things happen.
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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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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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