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.
CESAR CHAVEZOur 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.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
-
-
Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
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.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
When you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it’s religion or politics or unions – things happen.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
I’ve always maintained that it isn’t the form that’s going to make the difference. It isn’t the rule or the procedure or the ideology, but it’s human beings that will make it.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
The people united will never be defeated.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
I’m not going to ask for anything unless the workers want it. If they want it, they’ll ask for it.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
The people who give you their food give you their heart.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.
CESAR CHAVEZ -
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.
CESAR CHAVEZ