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In 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.

Cesar Chavez

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
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
What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
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Kind Myself People
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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Believe Fight Food People
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
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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Believe Experience Learning Life Myself Powerful Violence
In the final analysis it doesn’t really matter what the political system is. We don’t need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.
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Need Perfection Politics
It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
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Change Punishment
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
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
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
There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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Defeat Violence
The people united will never be defeated.
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Defeat People True Unity
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
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
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

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