Quotes of Cesar Chavez - somelinesforyou

“ We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. ”

- Cesar Chavez

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

- Cesar Chavez

“ The end of all knowledge should be service to others. ”

- Cesar Chavez

“ If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat…The people who give you their food give you their heart. ”

- Cesar Chavez

“ If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat…The people who give you their food give you their heart. ”

- Cesar Chavez

“ Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity. ”

- Cesar Chavez

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

- Cesar Chavez

“ If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart. ”

- Cesar Chavez

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

- Cesar Chavez

“ In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence. ”

- Cesar Chavez

“ Non-violence is a very powerful weapon. Most people don't understand the power of non-violence and tend to be amazed by the whole idea. Those who have been involved in bringing about change and see the difference between violence and non-violence are firmly committed to a lifetime of non-violence, not because it is easy or because it is cowardly, but because it is an effective and very powerful way. ”

- Cesar Chavez

“ The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God. ”

- Cesar Chavez

“ In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence. ”

- Cesar Chavez

“ Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity? ”

- Cesar Chavez

“ Violence just hurts those who are already hurt…Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it. ”

- Cesar Chavez

“ Kindness and compassion toward 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 exclusive province of any one culture or community of people. Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bull fighting and rodeos are cut from the same fabric: violence… ”

- Cesar Chavez

“ The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating. ”

- Cesar Chavez

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

- Cesar Chavez

“ Kindness and compassion toward 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 exclusive province of any one culture or community of people. Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bull fighting and rodeos are cut from the same fabric: violence… ”

- Cesar Chavez

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

- Cesar Chavez

“ Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers. ”

- Cesar Chavez

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

- Cesar Chavez

“ In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence. ”

- Cesar Chavez

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

- Cesar Chavez

“ There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence. ”

- Cesar Chavez

“ When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering and caring for his own family, the whole community of man is sick. ”

- Cesar Chavez

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

- Cesar Chavez

“ Kindness and compassion toward 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 exclusive province of any one culture or community of people. Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bull fighting and rodeos are cut from the same fabric: violence… ”

- Cesar Chavez

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

- Cesar Chavez

“ In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence. ”

- Cesar Chavez
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