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?
CESAR CHAVEZThere’s no turning back. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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Talk is cheap. It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.
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You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
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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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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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You know, if people are not pacifists, it’s not their fault. It’s because society puts them in that spot. You’ve got to change it. You don’t just change a man – you’ve got to change his environment as you do it.
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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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Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other.
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Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything – even our lives – in our struggle for justice.
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I’ve always maintained that it isn’t the form that’s going to make the difference. It isn’t the rule or the procedure or the ideology, but it’s human beings that will make it.
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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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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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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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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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