Cesar Chavez Quotes About Environment

Quotes about: Environment

• It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation of the environment with pesticides, hunger, disease. When the poor share some of the power that the affluent now monopolize, we will give a damn.

  Cesar Chavez

  Moon, Oil, Giving

  Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.144, Penguin

• Today, the growers are like a punch-drunk old boxer who doesn't know he's past his prime. The times are changing. The political and social environment has changed. The chickens are coming home to roost - and the time to account for past sins is approaching.

  Cesar Chavez

  Home, Past, Times Are Changing

  Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.296, Penguin

• Years of misguided teaching have resulted in the destruction of the best in our society, in our cultures and in the environment.

  Cesar Chavez

  Educational, Teaching, Years

• 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.

  Cesar Chavez

  Peace, Men, People

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