It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
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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In the final analysis it doesn’t really matter what the political system is. We don’t need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.
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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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Violence just hurts those who are already hurt. Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.
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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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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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Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak. Non-violence is hard work.
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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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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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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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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’ve always maintained that it isn’t the form that’s going to make the difference. It isn’t the rule or the procedure or the ideology, but it’s human beings that will make it.
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To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.
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If you’re not frightened that you might fail, you’ll never do the job. If you’re frightened, you’ll work like crazy.
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Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
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When 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.
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