Cesar Chavez Quotes - Page 7

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• 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 non-violence because they want desperately to bring about some change. Non-violence in action is a very potent force and it can't be stopped. The people who are struggling have the complete say-so. No man-made law, no human ruler, no army can destroy this. There is no way it can be destroyed... And so, if we have the capacity to endure, if we have the patience, things will change.

  Cesar Chavez

  Powerful, Struggle, Army

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• If 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 afford to sacrifice a little bit more on top of their misery.

  Cesar Chavez

  Sacrifice, Giving, Littles

  Cesar Chavez, Richard Jay Jensen, John C. Hammerback (2002). “The Words of César Chávez”, p.66, Texas A&M University Press

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• We are organizers at heart. Most of us in the movement take great pride in being able to put things together.

  Cesar Chavez

  Heart, Pride, Together

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• This is the beginning of a social movement in fact and not in pronouncements. We seek our basic, God - given rights as human beings...We shall do it without violence because it is our destiny. To the growers and to all who oppose us, we say the words of Benito Juarez: `Respect for another's right is the meaning of peace.'

  Cesar Chavez

  Destiny, Rights, Movement

  "The Plan of Delano", 1965.

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• We are tired of words, of betrayals, of indifference...they years are gone when the farm worker said nothing an did nothing to help himself...Now we have new faith. Through our strong will, our movement is changing these conditions...We shall be heard.

  Cesar Chavez

  Strong, Betrayal, Tired

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• Our 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.

  Cesar Chavez

  Struggle, Long, Breaking Away

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