Cesar Chavez quotes - page 4

I'm not going to ask for anything unless the workers want it. If they want it, they'll ask for it. (Cesar Chavez)
Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything - even our lives - in our struggle for justice. View quote
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I've always maintained that it isn't the form that's going to make the difference. It isn't the rule or the procedure or the ideology, but it's human beings that will make it. View quote
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Concentration is inspiration. You must be completely overtaken by your work and your subject. Only then do all your influences and experience come up to the surface. View quote
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Talk is cheap...It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in. View quote
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When you have people together who believe in something very strongly - whether it's religion or politics or unions - things happen. View quote
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The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character. View quote
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Years of misguided teaching have resulted in the destruction of the best in our society, in our cultures and in the environment. View quote
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We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys. View quote
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Self dedication is a spiritual experience. View quote
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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. (Cesar Chavez)
Violence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it. View quote
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It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order. View quote
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We'll organize workers in this movement as long as we're willing to sacrifice. The moment we stop sacrificing, we stop organizing. View quote
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If we are full of hatred, we can't really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan. View quote
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The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating. View quote
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If you're not frightened that you might fail, you'll never do the job. If you're frightened, you'll work like crazy. View quote
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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 never go hungry and never be alone. View quote
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...there has to be someone who is willing to do it, who is willing to take whatever risks are required. I don't think it can be done with money alone. The person has to be dedicated to the task. There has to be some other motivation. View quote
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In non-violence the cause has to be just and clear as well as the means. View quote
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We are certain God's will is that all men share in the good things this earth produces. (Cesar Chavez)
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. You don't just change a man - you've got to change his environment as you do it. View quote
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...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 other things that are easier. But if you are willing to give the time and make the sacrifice, it's not that difficult to organize. View quote
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The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God. View quote
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Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it. View quote
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