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The people who give you their food give you their heart.

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
Heart
People
Cooking
Food
Give
Giving

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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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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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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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We are certain God's will is that all men share in the good things this earth produces.
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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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We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.
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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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We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
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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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Together, all things are possible
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Across the San Joaquin Valley, across California, across the entire Southwest of the United States, wherever there are Mexican people, wherever there are farm workers, our movement is spreading like flames across a dry plain.
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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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