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We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.

Cesar Chavez

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community. Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
CESAR CHAVEZ

Achievement Ambition Community Enough Need Ourselves Prosperity See
There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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Defeat Violence
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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Learning Ourselves Suffering
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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Leadership Myself People Talk
The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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Character End Knowledge
There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.
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Break Change Enough Fear Hate Love Ourselves
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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Best Book Education Goodness Humanity Reality
When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It’s an extremely powerful weapon.
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Powerful Sacrifice Weapon Yourself
Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life.
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Education Learning Life Unity Yourself
To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.
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Dreams Greatness Persistence True
What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
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Kind Myself People
You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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Education Learning Reading Yourself
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
CESAR CHAVEZ

Beginning Change Revolution
The people who give you their food give you their heart.
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Food Heart People Yourself
We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
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Discipline Freedom Greatness Understand
Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.
CESAR CHAVEZ

Commitment Enough People

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