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True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.

Cesar Chavez

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
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
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
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
If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart.
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Eat Food Friendship Heart Home Yourself
Our very lives are dependent, for sustenance, on the sweat and sacrifice of the campesinos. Children of farm workers should be as proud of their parents’ professions as other children are of theirs.
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Children Live Ourselves Parents Sacrifice
The people united will never be defeated.
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Defeat People True Unity
If you’re not frightened that you might fail, you’ll never do the job. If you’re frightened, you’ll work like crazy.
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Crazy Failure Job Yourself
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
History will judge societies and governments – and their institutions – not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless.
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History Judgement Need Powerful Rich
There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.
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Acceptance Patience
Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
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Defeat Hands People Suffering Talk Violence
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.
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Animal Fear Feeling Happiness Myself
Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.
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Commitment Enough People
What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
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Kind Myself People
In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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Discover Life Yourself

True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.

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