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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
Human Rights Activist
Laborer
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Trade Unionist
Yuma
Arizona
César Chávez
César Estrada Chávez
Cesar Estrada Chavez
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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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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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We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.
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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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Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
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Non violence means people in action. People have to understand that with non-violence goes a hell of a lot of organization.
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I think one of the great, great problems...is confusing people to the point where they become immobile. In fact, the more things people can find out for themselves, the more vigor the organization is going to have.
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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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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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We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
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Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
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Our struggle is not easy. Those who oppose our cause are rich and powerful and they have many allies in high places. We are poor. Our allies are few. But we have something the rich do not own. We have our bodies and spirits and the justice of our cause as our weapons.
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If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.
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