Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
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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Violence just hurts those who are already hurt. Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.
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Our very lives are dependent, for sustenance, on the sweat and sacrifice of the campesinos. Children of farm workers should be as proud of their parents’ professions as other children are of theirs.
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The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God.
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We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
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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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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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In this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves a shallow legacy. In the end, we will be judged by other standards.
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Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?
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The people united will never be defeated.
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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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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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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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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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There’s no reason to be non-violent. There’s no challenge unless you are living for people.
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Nonviolence is really tough. You don’t practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.
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