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In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

Cesar Chavez

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.
CESAR CHAVEZ

Leadership Myself People Talk
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
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
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
When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering, and caring for his own family, the whole community of man is sick.
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Community Family Himself Man Sick World
I’ve always maintained that it isn’t the form that’s going to make the difference. It isn’t the rule or the procedure or the ideology, but it’s human beings that will make it.
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Difference Human Ideas Myself
There’s no turning back. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
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Heart Mind Ourselves Revolution Win
It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
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Believe Deep Life Live
We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community – and this nation.
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Community Help Nation Need Parents Strength Student
Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge.
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Challenge Greatness Hope Humanity Myself Worth
When workers fall back on violence, they are lost. Oh, they might win some of their demands and might end a strike a little earlier, but they give up their imagination, their creativity, their will to work hard and to suffer for what they believe is right.
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Believe Creation Fall Give Up Imagination Lost Suffering Violence Win
The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.
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Principle Violence
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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Angry Love Possible Time
The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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Character End Knowledge
It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
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Change Punishment
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
In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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Discover Life Yourself
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
When you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it’s religion or politics or unions – things happen.
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Believe People Politics Religion Strong Togetherness Unity
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
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
Talk is cheap. It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.
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Believe Live Talk
We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.
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Destroy Kill Need Win
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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Animal Food Happiness Live Suffering Yourself
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
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 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

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