The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
CESAR CHAVEZWe cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community. Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
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When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It’s an extremely powerful weapon.
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In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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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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Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
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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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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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I am an organizer, not a union leader. A good organizer has to work hard and long. There are no shortcuts. You just keep talking to people, working with them, sharing, exchanging and they come along.
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The people united will never be defeated.
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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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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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It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
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What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.
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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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