It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
CESAR CHAVEZEvery time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good earth, remember that they come from the work of men and women and children who have been exploited for generations.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
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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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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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Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
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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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We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
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Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.
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We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.
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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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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.
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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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If you give yourself totally to the nonviolence struggle for peace and justice you also find that people give you their hearts and you will never go hungry and never be alone.
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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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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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There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.
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