The people who give you their food give you their heart.
CESAR CHAVEZIt 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.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.
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True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.
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If we are full of hatred, we can’t really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan.
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It’s ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your tables with abundance have nothing left for themselves.
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When you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it’s religion or politics or unions – things happen.
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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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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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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 must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
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There are many reasons for why a man does what he does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.
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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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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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Talk is cheap. It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.
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Concentration is inspiration. You must be completely overtaken by your work and your subject. Only then do all your influences and experience come up to the surface.
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When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again.
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When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It’s an extremely powerful weapon.
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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
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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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Our struggle is not easy. Those who oppose our cause are rich and powerful and they have many allies in high places. We are poor. Our allies are few. But we have something the rich do not own. We have our bodies and spirits and the justice of our cause as our weapons.
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The people united will never be defeated.
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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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In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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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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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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