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The people united will never be defeated.

Cesar Chavez

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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Failure God Oppression Success Violence
It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
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Change Punishment
There are many reasons for why a man does what he does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.
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Expectation Himself Leadership Man People Reason
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
You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
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Enough Help Need Strong Yourself
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
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
There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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Defeat Violence
I’m not going to ask for anything unless the workers want it. If they want it, they’ll ask for it.
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Leadership Myself
When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again.
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Himself Man Place Woman
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
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
We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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Future Love Ourselves Relationship
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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Best Destruction Ourselves Teaching
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
Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves – and be free.
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Freedom Learning Student Thinking

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