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Grant me courage to serve others For in service there is true life.

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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César Chávez
César Estrada Chávez
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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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We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
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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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We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
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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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Together, all things are possible
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We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
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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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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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When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It's an extremely powerful weapon.
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Our very lives are dependent, for sustenance, on the sweat and sacrifice of the campesinos. Children of farm workers should be as proud of their parents' professions as other children are of theirs.
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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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Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
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The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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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 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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The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is also the most true to our nature.
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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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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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