There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.
CESAR CHAVEZIn some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is also the most true to our nature.
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You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
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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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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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When workers fall back on violence, they are lost. Oh, they might win some of their demands and might end a strike a little earlier, but they give up their imagination, their creativity, their will to work hard and to suffer for what they believe is right.
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The people united will never be defeated.
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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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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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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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We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
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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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The people who give you their food give you their heart.
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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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