--- title: "13 Poor Quotes By Cesar Chavez" description: "13 Poor quotes by Cesar Chavez. Plus more from Cesar Chavez and more Poor sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/cesar-chavez-2137_many_we-learned-many-years-ago-that-the-rich_3105754.png" --- > [We learned many years ago that the rich may have money, but the poor have time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/we-learned-many-years-ago-that-the-rich-may-have-money-but-the-poor/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/cesar-chavez-2137_many_we-learned-many-years-ago-that-the-rich_3105754.png) > [Since the Church is to be servant to the poor, it is our fault if that wealth is not channeled to help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/since-the-church-is-to-be-servant-to-the-poor-it-is-our-fault-if-that/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/cesar-chavez-2137_church_since-the-church-is-to-be-servant-to-the_2860727.png) > [Do not romanticize the poor...We are all people, human beings subject to the same temptations and faults as all others. Our poverty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/do-not-romanticize-the-poor-we-are-all-people-human-beings-subject-to/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/cesar-chavez-2137_damage_do-not-romanticize-the-poor-we-are-all-p_730577.png) > [Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/who-gets-the-risks-the-risks-are-given-to-the-consumer-the/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b62/cesar-chavez-2137_benefits_who-gets-the-risks-the-risks-are-given-t_2744741.png) > [It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/it-s-amazing-how-people-can-get-so-excited-about-a-rocket-to-the-moon/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/cesar-chavez-2137_affluent_it-s-amazing-how-people-can-get-so-excit_428164.png) > [Money is not going to organize the disadvantaged, the powerless, or the poor. We need other weapons. That's why the War on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/money-is-not-going-to-organize-the-disadvantaged-the-powerless-or-the/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85e/cesar-chavez-2137_bigs_money-is-not-going-to-organize-the-disad_2861588.png) > [History will judge societies and governments — and their institutions — not by how big they are or how well they serve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/history-will-judge-societies-and-governments-and-their-institutions/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b62/cesar-chavez-2137_bigs_history-will-judge-societies-and-governm_1742380.jpg) > [We shall strike. We shall organize boycotts. We shall demonstrate and have political campaigns. We shall pursue the revolution we have proposed.…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/cesar-chavez-2137_boycott_we-shall-strike-we-shall-organize-boycot_93008.jpg) > [Our struggle is not easy. Those who oppose our cause are rich and powerful and they have many allies in high places.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/our-struggle-is-not-easy-those-who-oppose-our-cause-are-rich-and/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/cesar-chavez-2137_adversity_our-struggle-is-not-easy-those-who-oppos_2663727.png) > [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) > [Jesus' life and words are a challenge at the same time that they are Good News. They are a challenge to those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/jesus-life-and-words-are-a-challenge-at-the-same-time-that-they-are/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/cesar-chavez-2137_action_jesus-life-and-words-are-a-challenge-at_1446722.jpg) > [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) > [The life of the union depends upon more people getting to share the limelight, because with the limelight also comes responsibility and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/the-life-of-the-union-depends-upon-more-people-getting-to-share-the/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a2/cesar-chavez-2137_bases_the-life-of-the-union-depends-upon-more_2257974.png) ## Other authors on Poor ## 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/poor/cesar-chavez/#itemlist", "name": "13 Poor Quotes By Cesar Chavez", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We learned many years ago that the rich may have money, but the poor have time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cesar Chavez" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/we-learned-many-years-ago-that-the-rich-may-have-money-but-the-poor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/cesar-chavez-2137_many_we-learned-many-years-ago-that-the-rich_3105754.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/cesar-chavez-2137_many_we-learned-many-years-ago-that-the-rich_3105754.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/cesar-chavez-2137_many_we-learned-many-years-ago-that-the-rich_3105754.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We learned many years ago that the rich may have money, but the poor have time.” — Cesar Chavez", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Since the Church is to be servant to the poor, it is our fault if that wealth is not channeled to help the poor in our world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cesar Chavez" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/since-the-church-is-to-be-servant-to-the-poor-it-is-our-fault-if-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/cesar-chavez-2137_church_since-the-church-is-to-be-servant-to-the_2860727.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/cesar-chavez-2137_church_since-the-church-is-to-be-servant-to-the_2860727.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/cesar-chavez-2137_church_since-the-church-is-to-be-servant-to-the_2860727.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Since the Church is to be servant to the poor, it is our fault if that wealth is not channeled to help the…” — Cesar Chavez", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Do not romanticize the poor...We are all people, human beings subject to the same temptations and faults as all others. 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We have our bodies and spirits and the justice of our cause as our weapons.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cesar Chavez" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/our-struggle-is-not-easy-those-who-oppose-our-cause-are-rich-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/cesar-chavez-2137_adversity_our-struggle-is-not-easy-those-who-oppos_2663727.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/cesar-chavez-2137_adversity_our-struggle-is-not-easy-those-who-oppos_2663727.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/cesar-chavez-2137_adversity_our-struggle-is-not-easy-those-who-oppos_2663727.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our struggle is not easy. Those who oppose our cause are rich and powerful and they have many allies in high…” — Cesar Chavez", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Until the chance for political participation is there, we who are poor will continue to attack the soft part of the American system - its economic structure. We will build power through boycotts, strikes, new union - whatever techniques we can develop. These attacks on the status quo will come, not because we hate, but because we know America can construct a humane society for all its citizens - and that if it does not, there will chaos.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cesar Chavez" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/until-the-chance-for-political-participation-is-there-we-who-are-poor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/cesar-chavez-2137_action_until-the-chance-for-political-participa_1225082.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/cesar-chavez-2137_action_until-the-chance-for-political-participa_1225082.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/cesar-chavez-2137_action_until-the-chance-for-political-participa_1225082.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Until the chance for political participation is there, we who are poor will continue to attack the soft part…” — Cesar Chavez", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Jesus' life and words are a challenge at the same time that they are Good News. They are a challenge to those of us who are poor and oppressed. By His life He is calling us to give ourselves to others, to sacrifice for those who suffer, to share our lives with our brothers and sisters who are also oppressed. 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That's better than suffering with no hope at all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cesar Chavez" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/the-poor-you-know-have-a-way-of-solving-problems-they-have-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/cesar-chavez-2137_bits_the-poor-you-know-have-a-way-of-solving_2959242.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/cesar-chavez-2137_bits_the-poor-you-know-have-a-way-of-solving_2959242.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/cesar-chavez-2137_bits_the-poor-you-know-have-a-way-of-solving_2959242.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The poor, you know, have a way of solving problems...they have a tremendous capacity for suffering. 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