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?
CESAR CHAVEZThere is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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The people united will never be defeated.
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If we are full of hatred, we can’t really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan.
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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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We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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If you are interested in preventing animal suffering, the first thing you should give up is eggs and milk, because the animals who produce those foods lead the most unhappy lives. You would do better to eat meat and stop eating eggs and dairy products.
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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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The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.
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The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is also the most true to our nature.
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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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Nonviolence is really tough. You don’t practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.
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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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We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
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In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It’s an extremely powerful weapon.
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