What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
CESAR CHAVEZA 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.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
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History will judge societies and governments – and their institutions – not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless.
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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.
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The people united will never be defeated.
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The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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Do not romanticize the poor. We are all people, human beings subject to the same temptations and faults as all others. Our poverty damages our dignity.
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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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Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
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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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Our very lives are dependent, for sustenance, on the sweat and sacrifice of the campesinos. Children of farm workers should be as proud of their parents’ professions as other children are of theirs.
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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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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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