When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
CESAR CHAVEZTrue 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.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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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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Nonviolence is really tough. You don’t practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.
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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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Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and that no one has a right to take that away in any cause, however just. I am convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence.
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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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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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In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
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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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We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.
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You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
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In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
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You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
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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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