The people united will never be defeated.
CESAR CHAVEZThe people united will never be defeated.
CESAR CHAVEZWhen you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it’s religion or politics or unions – things happen.
CESAR CHAVEZIn 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.
CESAR CHAVEZThere is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
CESAR CHAVEZIf we are full of hatred, we can’t really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan.
CESAR CHAVEZEvery time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good earth, remember that they come from the work of men and women and children who have been exploited for generations.
CESAR CHAVEZWhat I do shows people what kind of person I am.
CESAR CHAVEZHistory 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 CHAVEZI 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.
CESAR CHAVEZWe do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.
CESAR CHAVEZIf you give yourself totally to the nonviolence struggle for peace and justice you also find that people give you their hearts and you will never go hungry and never be alone.
CESAR CHAVEZIn giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
CESAR CHAVEZOnce social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
CESAR CHAVEZWhen workers fall back on violence, they are lost. Oh, they might win some of their demands and might end a strike a little earlier, but they give up their imagination, their creativity, their will to work hard and to suffer for what they believe is right.
CESAR CHAVEZThe only ones who make things change are fanatics. If you’re not a fanatic around here, you can’t cut it.
CESAR CHAVEZIf you’re not frightened that you might fail, you’ll never do the job. If you’re frightened, you’ll work like crazy.
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