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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
Civil Rights Activist
Human Rights Activist
Laborer
Politician
Trade Unionist
Yuma
Arizona
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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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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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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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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There's no turning back...We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
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We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves...
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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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The people who give you their food give you their heart.
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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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Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.
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When workers fall back on violence, they are lost. Oh, they might win some of their demands and might end a strike a little earlier, but they give up their imagination, their creativity, their will to work hard and to suffer for what they believe is right.
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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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To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream the second is persistence.
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True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.
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Our conviction is that human life and limb are a very special possession given by God to man and that no one has the right to take that away, in any cause, however just...
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Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
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Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
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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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Non-violence exacts a very high price from one who practices it. But once you are able to meet that demand then you can do most things.
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