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.
CESAR CHAVEZOur 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.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
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Every 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.
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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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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 is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
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If you are interested in preventing animal suffering, the first thing you should give up is eggs and milk, because the animals who produce those foods lead the most unhappy lives. You would do better to eat meat and stop eating eggs and dairy products.
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In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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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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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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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’s no turning back. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
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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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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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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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