To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.
CESAR CHAVEZNonviolence is really tough. You don’t practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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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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Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
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We believe that unions have always been about much more than the industries in which they operate. The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, It is always about people.
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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 a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again.
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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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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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There are many reasons for why a man does what he does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.
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When workers fall back on violence, they are lost. Oh, they might win some of their demands and might end a strike a little earlier, but they give up their imagination, their creativity, their will to work hard and to suffer for what they believe is right.
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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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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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What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
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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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It’s ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your tables with abundance have nothing left for themselves.
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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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I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice. To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!
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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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Do not romanticize the poor. We are all people, human beings subject to the same temptations and faults as all others. Our poverty damages our dignity.
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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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Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
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It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
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The people united will never be defeated.
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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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Concentration is inspiration. You must be completely overtaken by your work and your subject. Only then do all your influences and experience come up to the surface.
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We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
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