There are vivid memories from my childhood-what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
It is not good enough to know why we are oppressed and by whom. We must join the struggle for what is… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
You know, if people are not pacifists, it's not their fault. It's because society puts them in that spot. You've got to… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess - their… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Until the chance for political participation is there, we who are poor will continue to attack the soft part of the American… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
We are confident. We have ourselves. We know how to sacrifice. We know how to work. We know how to combat the… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
We know what unions have done for other people. We have seen it and we have studied and we have cherished the… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
However important the struggle is and however much misery and poverty and degradation exist, we know that it cannot be more important… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
There is a great fear of our Union - a fear that I do not fully understand, but that I know is… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
We can choose to use our lives for others to bring about a better and more just world for our children. People… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Today, the growers are like a punch-drunk old boxer who doesn't know he's past his prime. The times are changing. The political… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
I have met many, many farm workers and friends who love justice and who are willing to sacrifice for what is right.… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
The poor, you know, have a way of solving problems...they have a tremendous capacity for suffering. And so when you build a… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
If you win non-violently, then you have a double victory, you have not only won your fight, but you remain free. — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them -- exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it. — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
it is clearly evident that our path travels through a valley of teas well known to all farm workers, because in all valleys the… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
The name of the game is to talk to people. If you don't talk to people, you can't get started...You knock on twenty doors… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
...people think non-violence is really weak and non-militant. These are misconceptions that people have because they don't understand what non-violence means. Non-violence takes more… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
We shall strike. We shall organize boycotts. We shall demonstrate and have political campaigns. We shall pursue the revolution we have proposed. We are… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
There are vivid memories from my childhood - what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
