I 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 CHAVEZOnce social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
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Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything – even our lives – in our struggle for justice.
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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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Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
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It’s amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation of the environment with pesticides, hunger, disease.
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I’m not going to ask for anything unless the workers want it. If they want it, they’ll ask for it.
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We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community – and this nation.
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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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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 we are full of hatred, we can’t really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan.
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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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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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Concentration is inspiration. You must be completely overtaken by your work and your subject. Only then do all your influences and experience come up to the surface.
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Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life.
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