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!
CESAR CHAVEZTalk is cheap. It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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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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There’s no turning back. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
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From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.
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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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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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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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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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In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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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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Nonviolence is really tough. You don’t practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.
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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
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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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In 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.
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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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