Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
CESAR CHAVEZ
Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves – and be free.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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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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The people who give you their food give you their heart.
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In 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.
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If 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.
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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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If 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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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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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 you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It’s an extremely powerful weapon.
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Talk is cheap. It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.
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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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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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Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge.
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In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
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