All Cesar Chavez Quotes
- Until the chance for political participation is there, we who are poor will continue to attack the soft part of the American system - its… Action
- 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… Action
- it is clearly evident that our path travels through a valley of teas well known to all farm workers, because in all valleys the way… All
- It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order. Able
- The poor, you know, have a way of solving problems...they have a tremendous capacity for suffering. And so when you build a vehicle to get… All
- The thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves. People
- We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause. Afraid
- We can choose to use our lives for others to bring about a better and more just world for our children. People who make that… Alone
- We'll organize workers in this movement as long as we're willing to sacrifice. The moment we stop sacrificing, we stop organizing. Long
- When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human. Any
- We have suffered unnumbered ills and crimes in the name of the Law of the Land. Our men, women and children have suffered not only… Basic
- A movement with some lasting organization is a lot less dramatic than a movement with a lot of demonstrations and a lot of marching and… Attention
- Across the San Joaquin valley, across California, across the entire nation, wherever there are injustices against men and women and children who work in the… Across
- There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down… Break
- This is the beginning of a social movement in fact and not in pronouncements. We seek our basic, God - given rights as human beings...We… All
- We are tired of words, of betrayals, of indifference...they years are gone when the farm worker said nothing an did nothing to help himself...Now we… Betrayal
- We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys. Builds
- ...the workers aren't going to stop struggling. They're going to struggle to have a union and they have the right to have it. The police… Cannot Go
- However important the struggle is and however much misery and poverty and degradation exist, we know that it cannot be more important than one human… Degradation
- Our struggle is not easy. Those who oppose our cause are rich and powerful and they have many allies in high places. We are poor.… Allies