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When you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it’s religion or politics or unions – things happen.

Cesar Chavez

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
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
In this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves a shallow legacy. In the end, we will be judged by other standards.
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Achievement Alone Judgement Live Material Possible Wealth World
In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union.
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Learning Ourselves Suffering
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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Hate Planning Strength
Violence just hurts those who are already hurt. Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.
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Hurt Oppression Violence
You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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Education Learning Reading Yourself
You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
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Oppression Scare Yourself
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 is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
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Courage Gift God Human Justice Life Limitation Opportunity Possible Promise Time World
The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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Fight People
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
We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
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Discipline Freedom Greatness Understand
Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can’t help but want to be near them. They help them; they work with them. That’s what love is all about. It starts with your heart and radiates out.
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Help Love People Sacrifice Start Willing
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
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

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