There’s no turning back. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
CESAR CHAVEZOur language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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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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Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union.
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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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We believe that unions have always been about much more than the industries in which they operate. The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, It is always about people.
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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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We 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 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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It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
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Never, never is it possible to reach someone if you become angry or bitter only love and gentleness can do it. Maybe not this time but maybe the next or the hundredth time.
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Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
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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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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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