Every time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good earth, remember that they come from the work of men and women and children who have been exploited for generations.
CESAR CHAVEZBeing of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering, and caring for his own family, the whole community of man is sick.
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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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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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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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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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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.
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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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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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I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice. To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!
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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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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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When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
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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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