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1927–1993 United States
César Estrada Chávez (31 March 1927 – 23 April 1993) was an American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist, who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers union, UFW).
Also known as: Chavez, Cesar, César Chávez
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The boycott, as Gandhi taught, is the most nearly perfect instrument for nonviolent change, allowing masses of people to participate actively in a cause.
My friends, Dr. King realized that the only real wealth comes from helping others.
We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess — their very lives.
We are suffering. We have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
The Plan of Delano (1965)
I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we (humans) do.
Lumen (1986)
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.
Cesar Chavez : A Triumph of Spirit (1997)
Our sweat and our blood have fallen on this land to make other men rich. The pilgrimage is a witness to the suffering we have seen for generations.
The Plan of Delano (1965)
"We can't be free ourselves if we can't free our women. "
What do we want the Church to do? We don't ask for more cathedrals. We don't ask for bigger churches of fine gifts. We ask for its presence with us, beside us, as Christ among us.
The Mexican-American and the Church (1968)
We shall unite. We have learned the meaning of Unity.
The Plan of Delano (1965)
We don't ask for words. We ask for deeds. We don't ask for paternalism. We ask for servanthood.
The Mexican-American and the Church (1968)
When we refer to the Church we should define the word a little. We mean the whole Church, the Church as an ecumenical body spread around the world, and not just its particular form in a parish in a local community.
The Mexican-American and the Church (1968)
Economic power has to precede political power. Gandhi understood this when, in 1930, he and his followers resolved to defy the British government's salt monopoly by making their own salt from the sea; this boycott was one of the crucial steps in the Indian fight for independence.
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