When you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it’s religion or politics or unions – things happen.
CESAR CHAVEZEvery time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good earth, remember that they come from the work of men and women and children who have been exploited for generations.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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Talk is cheap. It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.
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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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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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You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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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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Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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Violence just hurts those who are already hurt. Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.
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We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
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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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Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can’t help but want to be near them. They help them; they work with them. That’s what love is all about. It starts with your heart and radiates out.
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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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From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.
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