History will judge societies and governments – and their institutions – not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless.
CESAR CHAVEZIn giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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.
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You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
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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 are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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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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We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
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When you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it’s religion or politics or unions – things happen.
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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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Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
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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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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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It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
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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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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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