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.
CESAR CHAVEZI 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.
CESAR CHAVEZWe draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
CESAR CHAVEZIt is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
CESAR CHAVEZWe’ll organize workers in this movement as long as we’re willing to sacrifice. The moment we stop sacrificing, we stop organizing.
CESAR CHAVEZThe end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
CESAR CHAVEZWe do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.
CESAR CHAVEZWe need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community – and this nation.
CESAR CHAVEZWhen 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.
CESAR CHAVEZDr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge.
CESAR CHAVEZWhat I do shows people what kind of person I am.
CESAR CHAVEZIn the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union.
CESAR CHAVEZDo 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.
CESAR CHAVEZThere is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.
CESAR CHAVEZWe cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community. Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
CESAR CHAVEZWe must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
CESAR CHAVEZEvery 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.
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