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 CHAVEZThe fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
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There’s no turning back. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
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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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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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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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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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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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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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What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.
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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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In 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.
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Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.
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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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The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God.
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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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