We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
CESAR CHAVEZ
Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can’t help but want to be near them. They help them; they work with them. That’s what love is all about. It starts with your heart and radiates out.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
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The people united will never be defeated.
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Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life.
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Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can’t help but want to be near them. They help them; they work with them. That’s what love is all about. It starts with your heart and radiates out.
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I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom.
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Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves – and be free.
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It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
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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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We’ll organize workers in this movement as long as we’re willing to sacrifice. The moment we stop sacrificing, we stop organizing.
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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.
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The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
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Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything – even our lives – in our struggle for justice.
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Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
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I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice. To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!
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