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.
CESAR CHAVEZIf we are full of hatred, we can’t really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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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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Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
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When you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it’s religion or politics or unions – things happen.
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Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other.
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It’s amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation of the environment with pesticides, hunger, disease.
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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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If we are full of hatred, we can’t really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan.
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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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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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We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
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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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It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
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