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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

Cesar Chavez

The only ones who make things change are fanatics. If you’re not a fanatic around here, you can’t cut it.
CESAR CHAVEZ

Change Mad Oneself
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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Inspirational Love Money Power True Wealth
It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
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Change Punishment
We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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Future Love Ourselves Relationship
Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other.
CESAR CHAVEZ

History Respect
I am an organizer, not a union leader. A good organizer has to work hard and long. There are no shortcuts. You just keep talking to people, working with them, sharing, exchanging and they come along.
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Leadership Myself People Talk
To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.
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Dreams Greatness Persistence True
It’s amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation of the environment with pesticides, hunger, disease.
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Excitement Moon People
When workers fall back on violence, they are lost. Oh, they might win some of their demands and might end a strike a little earlier, but they give up their imagination, their creativity, their will to work hard and to suffer for what they believe is right.
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Believe Creation Fall Give Up Imagination Lost Suffering Violence Win
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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Best Book Education Goodness Humanity Reality
Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life.
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Education Learning Life Unity Yourself
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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Animal Fear Feeling Happiness Myself
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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Give Up Justice Struggle Suffering Survive
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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Difference Human Ideas Myself
In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
CESAR CHAVEZ

Deep Violence
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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Believe People Politics Religion Strong Togetherness Unity

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