--- title: "15 Knows Quotes By Cesar Chavez" description: "15 Knows quotes by Cesar Chavez. Plus more from Cesar Chavez and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/cesar-chavez-2137_change_you-know-if-people-are-not-pacifists-it_743999.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/you-know-if-people-are-not-pacifists-it-s-not-their-fault-it-s/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/cesar-chavez-2137_change_you-know-if-people-are-not-pacifists-it_743999.jpg) > [A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/a-symbol-is-an-important-thing-that-is-why-we-chose-an-aztec-eagle-it/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/cesar-chavez-2137_aztec_a-symbol-is-an-important-thing-that-is-w_2172618.jpg) > [We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess - their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/we-don-t-know-how-god-chooses-martyrs-we-do-know-that-they-give-us/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/cesar-chavez-2137_giving_we-don-t-know-how-god-chooses-martyrs-we_1106393.png) > [However important the struggle is and however much misery and poverty and degradation exist, we know that it cannot be more important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/however-important-the-struggle-is-and-however-much-misery-and-poverty/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08a/cesar-chavez-2137_degradation_however-important-the-struggle-is-and-ho_1643906.png) > [Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/those-who-are-willing-to-sacrifice-and-be-of-service-have-very-little/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/cesar-chavez-2137_action_those-who-are-willing-to-sacrifice-and-b_2947443.jpg) > [Until the chance for political participation is there, we who are poor will continue to attack the soft part of the American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/until-the-chance-for-political-participation-is-there-we-who-are-poor/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/cesar-chavez-2137_action_until-the-chance-for-political-participa_1225082.png) > [It is not good enough to know why we are oppressed and by whom. We must join the struggle for what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/it-is-not-good-enough-to-know-why-we-are-oppressed-and-by-whom-we/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cb/cesar-chavez-2137_action_it-is-not-good-enough-to-know-why-we-are_609800.jpg) > [We are confident. We have ourselves. We know how to sacrifice. We know how to work. We know how to combat the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/we-are-confident-we-have-ourselves-we-know-how-to-sacrifice-we-know/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e5/cesar-chavez-2137_believer_we-are-confident-we-have-ourselves-we-kn_1233626.png) > [We know what unions have done for other people. We have seen it and we have studied and we have cherished the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/we-know-what-unions-have-done-for-other-people-we-have-seen-it-and-we/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/cesar-chavez-2137_country_we-know-what-unions-have-done-for-other_1357933.png) > [There is a great fear of our Union - a fear that I do not fully understand, but that I know is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/there-is-a-great-fear-of-our-union-a-fear-that-i-do-not-fully/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/cesar-chavez-2137_asks_there-is-a-great-fear-of-our-union-a-fea_1694730.png) > [I have met many, many farm workers and friends who love justice and who are willing to sacrifice for what is right.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/i-have-met-many-many-farm-workers-and-friends-who-love-justice-and/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/cesar-chavez-2137_believe_i-have-met-many-many-farm-workers-and-fr_2754672.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/today-the-growers-are-like-a-punch-drunk-old-boxer-who-doesn-t-know/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/cesar-chavez-2137_accounts_today-the-growers-are-like-a-punch-drunk_2281832.png) > [There are vivid memories from my childhood-what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/there-are-vivid-memories-from-my-childhood-what-we-had-to-go-through-2/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/cesar-chavez-2137_childhood_there-are-vivid-memories-from-my-childho_287396.png) > [The poor, you know, have a way of solving problems...they have a tremendous capacity for suffering. And so when you build a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/the-poor-you-know-have-a-way-of-solving-problems-they-have-a/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/cesar-chavez-2137_bits_the-poor-you-know-have-a-way-of-solving_2959242.png) > [We can choose to use our lives for others to bring about a better and more just world for our children. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/we-can-choose-to-use-our-lives-for-others-to-bring-about-a-better-and/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/cesar-chavez-2137_and-love_we-can-choose-to-use-our-lives-for-other_1965916.png) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Cesar Chavez > [We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/we-need-in-a-special-way-to-work-twice-as-hard-to-help-people/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [If you win non-violently, then you have a double victory, you have not only won your fight, but you remain free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/if-you-win-non-violently-then-you-have-a-double-victory-you-have-not/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/when-we-are-really-honest-with-ourselves-we-must-admit-our-lives-are/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them -- exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/we-know-we-cannot-be-kind-to-animals-until-we-stop-exploiting-them/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/non-violence-has-suffered-its-biggest-defeat-in-the-hands-of-people/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [it is clearly evident that our path travels through a valley of teas well known to all farm workers, because in all valleys the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/it-is-clearly-evident-that-our-path-travels-through-a-valley-of-teas/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [The people who give you their food give you their heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/the-people-who-give-you-their-food-give-you-their-heart/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/the-name-of-the-game-is-to-talk-to-people-if-you-don-t-talk-to-people/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [...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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/people-think-non-violence-is-really-weak-and-non-militant-these-are/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [We shall strike. We shall organize boycotts. We shall demonstrate and have political campaigns. We shall pursue the revolution we have proposed. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/we-shall-strike-we-shall-organize-boycotts-we-shall-demonstrate-and/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [There are vivid memories from my childhood - what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/there-are-vivid-memories-from-my-childhood-what-we-had-to-go-through/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [Self dedication is a spiritual experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/self-dedication-is-a-spiritual-experience/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/i-am-convinced-that-the-truest-act-of-courage-the-strongest-act-of/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/you-cannot-oppress-the-people-who-are-not-afraid-anymore/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [When workers fall back on violence, they are lost. Oh, they might win some of their demands and might end a strike a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/when-workers-fall-back-on-violence-they-are-lost-oh-they-might-win/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/cesar-chavez/#itemlist", "name": "15 Knows Quotes By Cesar Chavez", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 change it. 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