Cesar Chavez Quotes

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  To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.

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  Dream, Persistence, Requirements

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  True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.

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  Inspire, Legacy, Wealth

  Cesar Chavez, Richard Jay Jensen, John C. Hammerback (2002). “The Words of César Chávez”, p.172, Texas A&M University Press

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• Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. Cesar Chavez Address to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Nov. 9, 1984

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  Peace, Pride, San Francisco

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• The people united will never be defeated.

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  People, Defeated, United

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• We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.

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  Change, Ambition, Achievement

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  Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

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  Other Cultures, Diversity, Disrespect

  Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.352, Penguin

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• Grant me courage to serve others; For in service there is true life.

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  True Life, Grants

  "Prayer of the Farm Workers' Struggle". Poem by Cesar Chavez,

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• History will judge societies and governments - and their institutions - not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless.

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  Powerful, Government, Judging

  "Cesar Chavez: A Triumph of Spirit". Book by Richard Griswold del Castillo and Richard A. Garcia, September 15, 1995.

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• The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

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  Peace, Struggle, Fighting

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• Together, all things are possible

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  Together, All Things

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  In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love.

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  Giving, And Love, New Life

  Cesar Chavez, Richard Jay Jensen, John C. Hammerback (2002). “The Words of César Chávez”, p.167, Texas A&M University Press

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• Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.

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  Peace, War, Hard Work

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• 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 the basic brutality of stoop labor, and the most obvious injustices of the system; they have also suffered the desperation of knowing that the system caters to the greed of callous men and not to our needs. Now we will suffer for the purpose of ending the poverty, the misery, and the injustice, with the hope that our children will not be exploited as we have been. They have imposed hungers on us, and now we hunger for justice.

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  Children, Sacrifice, Men

  The Plan of Delano, 1965.

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• What I do shows people what kind of person I am.

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  People, Kind, Shows

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• Talk is cheap...It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.

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  Believe, Everyday, Use

  Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.353, Penguin

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• 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. Our allies are few. But we have something the rich do not own. We have our bodies and spirits and the justice of our cause as our weapons.

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  Powerful, Struggle, Justice

  Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.207, Penguin

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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.

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  Believe, People, Community

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• You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.

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  Persons, Humiliate

  Cesar Chavez, Richard Jay Jensen, John C. Hammerback (2002). “The Words of César Chávez”, p.129, Texas A&M University Press

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• It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.

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  Giving, Belief, God Help Us

  Cesar Chavez, Richard Jay Jensen, John C. Hammerback (2002). “The Words of César Chávez”, p.167, Texas A&M University Press

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• You are never strong enough that you don't need help.

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  Change, Strength, Being Strong

  Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.352, Penguin

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• You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.

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  People, Democracy, Not Afraid

  Cesar Chavez, Richard Jay Jensen, John C. Hammerback (2002). “The Words of César Chávez”, p.129, Texas A&M University Press

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• Perhaps we can bring the day when children will learn from their earliest days that being fully man and fully woman means to give one's life to the liberation of the brother [and sister] who suffers. It is up to each one of us. It won't happen unless we decide to use our lives to show the way.

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  Brother, Children, Mean

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• Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.

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  Thinking, Students, Initiative

  Lucile Davis, Cesar Chavez (1998). “Cesar Chavez: A Photo-illustrated Biography”, p.22, Capstone

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• It'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.

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  Vegetables, Justice, Diversity

  Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.352, Penguin

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• 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 so, and twenty guys tell you to go to hell, or that they haven't got time. But maybe at the fortieth or sixtieth house you find the one guy who is all you need. You're not going to organize everything; you're just going to get it started.

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  Commitment, Doors, Games

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