In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
CESAR CHAVEZIf you are interested in preventing animal suffering, the first thing you should give up is eggs and milk, because the animals who produce those foods lead the most unhappy lives. You would do better to eat meat and stop eating eggs and dairy products.
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If you are interested in preventing animal suffering, the first thing you should give up is eggs and milk, because the animals who produce those foods lead the most unhappy lives. You would do better to eat meat and stop eating eggs and dairy products.
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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
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Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?
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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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Never, never is it possible to reach someone if you become angry or bitter only love and gentleness can do it. Maybe not this time but maybe the next or the hundredth time.
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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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You know, if people are not pacifists, it’s not their fault. It’s because society puts them in that spot. You’ve got to change it. You don’t just change a man – you’ve got to change his environment as you do it.
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When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.
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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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To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.
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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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What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
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What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.
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It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
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