We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community – and this nation.
CESAR CHAVEZIn the final analysis it doesn’t really matter what the political system is. We don’t need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
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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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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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I’m not going to ask for anything unless the workers want it. If they want it, they’ll ask for it.
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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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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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You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
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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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Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
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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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What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
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I’ve always maintained that it isn’t the form that’s going to make the difference. It isn’t the rule or the procedure or the ideology, but it’s human beings that will make it.
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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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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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