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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.

Cesar Chavez

A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride. When people see it they know it means dignity.
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Choice Important People Pride See
In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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Discover Life Yourself
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
Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.
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Learning Life Live Violence
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
Every time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good earth, remember that they come from the work of men and women and children who have been exploited for generations.
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Children Enjoyment Man Morning Night Oppression Time Women
It’s ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your tables with abundance have nothing left for themselves.
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Food Yourself
Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
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Language Ourselves Reflection
We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
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Fear Ourselves Suffering Win
You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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Education Learning Reading Yourself
It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
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Believe Deep Life Live
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
There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.
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Break Change Enough Fear Hate Love Ourselves
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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Dignity Himself Human Respect
We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community. Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
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Achievement Ambition Community Enough Need Ourselves Prosperity See
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.
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Alone Heart Justice Peace People Struggle 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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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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