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Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
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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Yuma
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César Chávez
César Estrada Chávez
Cesar Estrada Chavez
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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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In 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.
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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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I would not take one cup of coffee from a grower...There's not a good one. I hate them. A few presents, a little talk, then the noose. That's how capitalism works.
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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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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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In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
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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 fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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You are never strong enough that you don't need help.
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Concentration is inspiration. You must be completely overtaken by your work and your subject. Only then do all your influences and experience come up to the surface.
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I've always maintained that it isn't the form that's going to make the difference. It isn't the rule or the procedure or the ideology, but it's human beings that will make it.
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You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
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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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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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Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
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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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We know we cannot defend to be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them - exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and yes, exploiting animals in the name of food.
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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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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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