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There’s no reason to be non-violent. There’s no challenge unless you are living for people.

Cesar Chavez

We’ll organize workers in this movement as long as we’re willing to sacrifice. The moment we stop sacrificing, we stop organizing.
CESAR CHAVEZ

Moments Sacrifice Stop Willing
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.
CESAR CHAVEZ

Alone Heart Justice Peace People Struggle Violence Yourself
The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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Character End Knowledge
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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Crazy Failure Job Yourself
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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Body Justice Ourselves Poor Powerful Rich Spirit Struggle Weapon
When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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Greatness Human Person Suffering
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
Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and that no one has a right to take that away in any cause, however just. I am convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence.
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Believe Experience Learning Life Myself Powerful Violence
We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community – and this nation.
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Community Help Nation Need Parents Strength Student
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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Character Growth Language Ourselves Reflection
From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.
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Need People Problem Strength Togetherness
The people who give you their food give you their heart.
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Food Heart People Yourself
There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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Defeat Violence
There’s no reason to be non-violent. There’s no challenge unless you are living for people.
CESAR CHAVEZ

Challenge Live People Reason Violence Yourself
Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak. Non-violence is hard work.
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Action Violence Weakness
If we are full of hatred, we can’t really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan.
CESAR CHAVEZ

Hate Planning Strength

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