Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves – and be free.
CESAR CHAVEZThere’s no turning back. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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The only ones who make things change are fanatics. If you’re not a fanatic around here, you can’t cut it.
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What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
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Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
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Nonviolence is really tough. You don’t practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.
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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.
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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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There’s no turning back. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
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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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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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The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.
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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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In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
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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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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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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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