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We learned many years ago that the rich may have money, but the poor have time.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Learned Many May Money Poor Rich Time Years Years Ago

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If you want to remember me, organize!

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Me Organize Remember Remember Me Want You

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When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Admit Belong Determines Honest How Kind Lives Men Must Our Our Lives Ourselves Really Us Use

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Without a union, the people are always cheated, and they are so innocent.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Always Cheated Innocent People Union Without

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What we do know absolutely is that human lives are worth more than grapes and that innocent-looking grapes on the table may disguise poisonous residues hidden deep inside where washing cannot reach.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Absolutely Cannot Deep Deep Inside Disguise Grapes Hidden Human Inside Know Lives May More Poisonous Reach Table Than Washing Where Worth

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The burdens of generations of poverty and powerlessness lie heavy in the fields of America. If we fail, there are those who will see violence as the shortcut to change.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: America Burdens Change Fail Fields Generations Heavy Lie Poverty Powerlessness See Shortcut Those Violence Who Will

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Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Benefits Consumer Corporations Force Gets Given Makers Money Only Poor Risks Who Work

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There is no law for farm labor organizing, save the law of the jungle.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Farm Jungle Labor Law No Law Organizing Save

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As long as we have a poor country bordering California, it's going to be very difficult to win strikes.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: California Country Difficult Going Long Poor Strikes Very Win

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In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Cases More Non-Violence Requires Some Than Violence

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: March 31st, 1927

Died: April 23rd, 1993

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