We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
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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!
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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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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In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
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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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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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Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves – and be free.
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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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Every 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.
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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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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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In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and that no one has a right to take that away in any cause, however just. I am convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence.
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The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.
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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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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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There’s no reason to be non-violent. There’s no challenge unless you are living for people.
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