I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom.
CESAR CHAVEZOnce social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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There’s no turning back. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
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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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You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
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Never, never is it possible to reach someone if you become angry or bitter only love and gentleness can do it. Maybe not this time but maybe the next or the hundredth time.
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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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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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Nonviolence is really tough. You don’t practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.
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When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It’s an extremely powerful weapon.
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Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
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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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We believe that unions have always been about much more than the industries in which they operate. The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, It is always about people.
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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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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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Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
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Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
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