Talk is cheap. It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.
CESAR CHAVEZThe non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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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 are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
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The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.
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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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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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We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
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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 believe that unions have always been about much more than the industries in which they operate. The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, It is always about people.
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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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There are many reasons for why a man does what he does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.
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Violence just hurts those who are already hurt. Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.
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