We’ll organize workers in this movement as long as we’re willing to sacrifice. The moment we stop sacrificing, we stop organizing.
CESAR CHAVEZ
It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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We’ll organize workers in this movement as long as we’re willing to sacrifice. The moment we stop sacrificing, we stop organizing.
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If you give yourself totally to the nonviolence struggle for peace and justice you also find that people give you their hearts and you will never go hungry and never be alone.
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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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Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge.
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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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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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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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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
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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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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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In the final analysis it doesn’t really matter what the political system is. We don’t need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.
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If you’re not frightened that you might fail, you’ll never do the job. If you’re frightened, you’ll work like crazy.
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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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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.
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Never, never is it possible to reach someone if you become angry or bitter only love and gentleness can do it. Maybe not this time but maybe the next or the hundredth time.
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