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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.

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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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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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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You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
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We are organizers at heart. Most of us in the movement take great pride in being able to put things together.
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When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It's an extremely powerful weapon.
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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything - even our lives - in our struggle for justice.
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Together, all things are possible
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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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The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God.
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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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Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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The people who give you their food give you their heart.
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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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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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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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We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves...
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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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