We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
CESAR CHAVEZWhen any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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When you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it’s religion or politics or unions – things happen.
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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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If you give yourself totally to the nonviolence struggle for peace and justice you also find that people give you their hearts and you will never go hungry and never be alone.
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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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History will judge societies and governments – and their institutions – not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless.
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What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
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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 became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom.
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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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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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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union.
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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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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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