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You are never strong enough that you don't need help.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Enough Help Need Never Strong You

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It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: About Awesome Become Choose Did Discouraged Earth Everywhere Gift Gives God He Humane Injustice Just Life Limited Limited Time Opportunity Our Possible Promise See Time Us Use Way Will World Would

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We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Been Despair Draw Endure Forced Live Our Shall Strength Very Which

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When poor people get involved in a long conflict, such as a strike or a civil rights drive, and the pressure increases each day, there is a deep need for spiritual advice. Without it, we see families crumble, leadership weaken, and hard workers grow tired.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Advice Civil Civil Rights Conflict Crumble Day Deep Drive Each Each Day Families Get Grow Hard Increases Involved Leadership Long Need People Poor Poor People Pressure Rights See Spiritual Strike Tired Weaken Without Workers

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To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Be A Man God God Help Help Man Men Others Suffer Us

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There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Acceptance Day Hard Hard Work Hours Patience Substitute Work 24 Hours

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We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Agriculture Both Closest Consumers Farm First Food Hazards Health Ourselves Pesticides Production Recognize Serious Were Workers

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From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Depth Despair Dignity Fill Need Needs Organize Own People Problems Solve Strength Themselves Together Work Work Together

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There are vivid memories from my childhood - what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there was no union. I suppose, if I wanted to be fair, I could say that I'm trying to settle a personal score. I could dramatize it by saying that I want to bring social justice to farm workers.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Basically Because Bring Childhood Conditions Could Fair Farm Go Had Justice Low Memories Personal Say Saying Score Settle Social Social Justice Suppose Through Trying Union Vivid Wages Want Wanted Workers

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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.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Eat Food Friend Give Go Heart Him House Make People Really Someone Want Who You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: March 31st, 1927

Died: April 23rd, 1993

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