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.
CESAR CHAVEZThe end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.
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The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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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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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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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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We believe that unions have always been about much more than the industries in which they operate. The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, It is always about people.
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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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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 some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
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Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
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Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge.
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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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Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
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It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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