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Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.

Cesar Chavez

Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.
CESAR CHAVEZ

Learning Life Live Violence
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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Change Deep Man People Yourself
I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice. To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!
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Act Courage God Man Myself Ourselves Sacrifice Suffering True
Nonviolence is really tough. You don’t practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.
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Battle Practice Violence
There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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Defeat Violence
You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
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Oppression Scare Yourself
There’s no reason to be non-violent. There’s no challenge unless you are living for people.
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Challenge Live People Reason Violence Yourself
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
Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.
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Commitment Enough People
Talk is cheap. It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.
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Believe Live Talk
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
In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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Discover Life Yourself
In 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.
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Animal Cold Feeling Happiness Myself
You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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Education Learning Reading Yourself
We believe that unions have always been about much more than the industries in which they operate. The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, It is always about people.
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Believe Fight Food People
Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
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Defeat Hands People Suffering Talk Violence

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