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People Quotes by Cesar Chavez
- If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you…
- The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
- From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with…
- 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…
- Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.
- 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 or…
- There are vivid memories from my childhood-what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there was no union.…
- When you have people together who believe in something very strongly - whether it's religion or politics or unions - things happen.
- A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know it means dignity.
- 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.
- I have met many, many farm workers and friends who love justice and who are willing to sacrifice for what is right. They have a…
- People who have lost their hunger for justice are not ultimately powerful. They are like sick people who have lost their appetite for what is…
- There is a great fear of our Union - a fear that I do not fully understand, but that I know is present...What is it…
- We know what unions have done for other people. We have seen it and we have studied and we have cherished the idea of unionism.…
- I am an organizer, not a union leader. A good organizer has to work hard and long. There are no shortcuts. You just keep talking…
- There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a…
- These observations tie in directly with the whole question of organizing. Why do we have leaders? We put some people out in the fields and…
- There's no reason to be non-violent. There's no challenge unless you are living for people.
- ...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 guts,…
- Farm workers everywhere are angry and worried that we cannot win without violence. We have proved it before through persistence, hard work, faith and willingness…
- Imagine the National Guard being called against a group of peaceful people. How far can we get; how disgraceful can it become? It's the most…
- Non violence means people in action. People have to understand that with non-violence goes a hell of a lot of organization.
- Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
- Non-violence is very weak in the theoretical sense; it cannot defend itself. But it is most powerful in the action situation where people are using…
- ...many have the idea that organizing people is very difficult, but it isn't. It becomes difficult only at the point where you begin to see…
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle