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.
CESAR CHAVEZViolence just hurts those who are already hurt. Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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The people united will never be defeated.
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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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Concentration is inspiration. You must be completely overtaken by your work and your subject. Only then do all your influences and experience come up to the surface.
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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
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We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
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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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Talk is cheap. It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.
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Violence just hurts those who are already hurt. Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.
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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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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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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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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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