The people united will never be defeated.
CESAR CHAVEZ
Do not romanticize the poor. We are all people, human beings subject to the same temptations and faults as all others. Our poverty damages our dignity.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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The people united will never be defeated.
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Years of misguided teaching have resulted in the destruction of the best in our society, in our cultures and in the environment.
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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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You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
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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 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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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.
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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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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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There’s no reason to be non-violent. There’s no challenge unless you are living for people.
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When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It’s an extremely powerful weapon.
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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 who give you their food give you their heart.
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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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You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
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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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