In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union.
CESAR CHAVEZSelf dedication is a spiritual experience.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.
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When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.
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A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride. When people see it they know it means dignity.
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There’s no turning back. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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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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Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
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In this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves a shallow legacy. In the end, we will be judged by other standards.
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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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The people who give you their food give you their heart.
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Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
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Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
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You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
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