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When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It's an extremely powerful weapon.

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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Together, all things are possible
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Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
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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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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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Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
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Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
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You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
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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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To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream the second is persistence.
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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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