Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
CESAR CHAVEZ
When you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it’s religion or politics or unions – things happen.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
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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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Years of misguided teaching have resulted in the destruction of the best in our society, in our cultures and in the environment.
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The people united will never be defeated.
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The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God.
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There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.
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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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From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.
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In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
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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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We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
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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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What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.
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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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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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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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