A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride. When people see it they know it means dignity.
CESAR CHAVEZI’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.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak. Non-violence is hard work.
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We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community – and this nation.
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In the final analysis it doesn’t really matter what the political system is. We don’t need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.
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Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life.
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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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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
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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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Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
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Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
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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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In 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.
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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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History will judge societies and governments – and their institutions – not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless.
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When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering, and caring for his own family, the whole community of man is sick.
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When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It’s an extremely powerful weapon.
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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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Nonviolence is really tough. You don’t practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.
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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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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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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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The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.
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The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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The only ones who make things change are fanatics. If you’re not a fanatic around here, you can’t cut it.
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The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is also the most true to our nature.
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The people united will never be defeated.
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