The people united will never be defeated.
CESAR CHAVEZOrganizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom.
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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 some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
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Our struggle is not easy. Those who oppose our cause are rich and powerful and they have many allies in high places. We are poor. Our allies are few. But we have something the rich do not own. We have our bodies and spirits and the justice of our cause as our weapons.
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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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We’ll organize workers in this movement as long as we’re willing to sacrifice. The moment we stop sacrificing, we stop organizing.
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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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It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
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When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again.
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A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride. When people see it they know it means dignity.
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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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Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
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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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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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Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.
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Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak. Non-violence is hard work.
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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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Violence just hurts those who are already hurt. Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.
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The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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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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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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In the final analysis it doesn’t really matter what the political system is. We don’t need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.
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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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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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