Cesar ChavezThe thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves.371Humanity
Cesar ChavezIf they had $2.00 for food, they had to give $1.00 to the union. Otherwise, they would never get out of the trap of poverty. They would never have a union because they couldn't af… ▶372Love
Cesar Chavez...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 dedicat… ▶372Thought
Cesar ChavezWe'll organize workers in this movement as long as we're willing to sacrifice. The moment we stop sacrificing, we stop organizing. ✨ Cesar Chavez, Richard Jay Jensen, John C… ▶373Time
Cesar ChavezMoney is not going to organize the disadvantaged, the powerless, or the poor. We need other weapons. That's why the War on Poverty is such a miserable failure. You put out a big p… ▶362PoliticsSadness
Cesar ChavezThe road to social justice for the farm worker is the road of unionization. Our cause, our strike against table grapes and our international boycott are all founded upon our deep … ▶351Hope
Cesar ChavezIt takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.352Truth
Cesar ChavezViolence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.341Reading
Cesar ChavezWhen you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It's an extremely powerful weapon. ✨ Cesar Chavez, Richard Jay Jensen, John C. Hammerback (2002). The Words of César Cháve… ▶321Politics
Cesar ChavezThe life of the union depends upon more people getting to share the limelight, because with the limelight also comes responsibility and with the responsibility comes a little shar… ▶376HumanityLife
Cesar ChavezI think one of the great, great problems...is confusing people to the point where they become immobile. In fact, the more things people can find out for themselves, the more vigor… ▶376HumanityThoughtTruth
Cesar ChavezThere are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.354Humanity
Cesar ChavezI have met many, many farm workers and friends who love justice and who are willing to sacrifice for what is right. They have a quality about them that reminds me of the beatitude… ▶365HopeHumanityLife
Cesar ChavezIn 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.332Truth
Cesar ChavezKindness and compassion towards all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or against animals, is not the… ▶301HumanityLifeLove
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 m… ▶367HumanityThought
Cesar ChavezPreservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures. ✨ Cesar Chavez (2008). An Organizer's Tale: Speeches, p.352, Penguin378Politics
Cesar ChavezWe do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.324Humor
Cesar Chavez...So they are trying to do something about it. They are not doing it by seeking charity. They are not begging at the welfare office. They are not, like many of their employers, l… ▶346Politics
Cesar ChavezWhat is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.346Humanity
Cesar ChavezIn non-violence the cause has to be just and clear as well as the means.369Time
Cesar ChavezWe have looked into the future and the future is ours. ✨ Cesar Chavez's address to the Commonwealth Club, esl-bits.net. November 9, 1984.271HopeTime
Cesar ChavezOur union represents a breaking away...represents sharing a power, represent questioning, represents a new force...however long it takes, we are geared for a struggle.271PoliticsTime
Cesar ChavezThose 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 help but want to be near them. They h… ▶326HumanityLove
Cesar ChavezThere is a great fear of our Union - a fear that I do not fully understand, but that I know is present...What is it that causes some men to act so hastily and so cruelly? It canno… ▶304HumanityPoliticsTime
Cesar ChavezIt's ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your tables with abundance have nothing left for themselves. 271Sadness
Cesar ChavezFrom the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.304Humanity
Cesar ChavezStudents must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free. ✨ Lucile Davis, Cesar Chavez (1998). Cesar C… ▶304Thought
Cesar ChavezThe people united will never be defeated.326Humanity
Cesar ChavezAcross the San Joaquin Valley, across California, across the entire Southwest of the United States, wherever there are Mexican people, wherever there are farm workers, our movemen… ▶261HumanityPoliticsReading
