Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
CESAR CHAVEZThere’s no reason to be non-violent. There’s no challenge unless you are living for people.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
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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 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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Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
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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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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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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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You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
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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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To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.
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In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union.
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If you’re not frightened that you might fail, you’ll never do the job. If you’re frightened, you’ll work like crazy.
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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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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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If you are interested in preventing animal suffering, the first thing you should give up is eggs and milk, because the animals who produce those foods lead the most unhappy lives. You would do better to eat meat and stop eating eggs and dairy products.
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