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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.

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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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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We shall strike. We shall organize boycotts. We shall demonstrate and have political campaigns. We shall pursue the revolution we have proposed. We are sons and daughters of the farm workers' revolution, a revolution of the poor seeking bread and justice.
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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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Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It's an extremely powerful weapon.
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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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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 do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.
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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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The people who give you their food give you their heart.
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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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The thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves.
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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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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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We are convinced that non-violence is more powerful than violence. We are convinced that non-violence supports you if you have a just and moral cause...If you use violence, you have to sell part of yourself for that violence. Then you are no longer a master of your own struggle.
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Every time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good earth, remember that they come from the work of men and women and children who have been exploited for generations.
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We're going to pray a lot and picket a lot.
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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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