Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything – even our lives – in our struggle for justice.
CESAR CHAVEZYou cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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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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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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We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
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It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
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In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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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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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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The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is also the most true to our nature.
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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 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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What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
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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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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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Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.
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