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Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
Cesar Chavez
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American
-
Activist
March 31
, 1927 -
April 23
, 1993
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.
Cesar Chavez
Needs
,
We Cannot
,
Include
Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
Cesar Chavez
Character
,
Reflection
,
Exact
Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
Cesar Chavez
Preservation
,
Contempt
The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
Cesar Chavez
Never
,
Always
,
About
We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation.
Cesar Chavez
Nation
,
Need
,
Ethnic
It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice.
Cesar Chavez
Giving
,
Truest
,
Manliness
The end of all knowledge should be service to others.
Cesar Chavez
Service
,
Service To Others
It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
Cesar Chavez
Gift
,
Injustice
,
Humane
There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
Cesar Chavez
Defeat
,
Non-Violence
,
Thing
You are never strong enough that you don't need help.
Cesar Chavez
Strong
,
Help
,
Never
Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.
Cesar Chavez
Think
,
Initiative
,
Imitators
When poor people get involved in a long conflict, such as a strike or a civil rights drive, and the pressure increases each day, there is a deep need for spiritual advice. Without it, we see families crumble, leadership weaken, and hard workers grow tired.
Cesar Chavez
Deep
,
Advice
,
Crumble
We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
Cesar Chavez
Been
,
Very
,
Which
From 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.
Cesar Chavez
Strength
,
Need
,
Needs
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
Education
,
Book
,
Own
In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
Cesar Chavez
Non-Violence
,
Some
,
Cases
To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!
Cesar Chavez
Men
,
Help
,
Suffer
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
Food
,
Want
,
Give
When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.
Cesar Chavez
Belong
,
Use
,
Lives
Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.
Cesar Chavez
Work
,
Benefits
,
Given
The burdens of generations of poverty and powerlessness lie heavy in the fields of America. If we fail, there are those who will see violence as the shortcut to change.
Cesar Chavez
Change
,
Will
,
Powerlessness
There are vivid memories from my childhood - what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there was no union. I suppose, if I wanted to be fair, I could say that I'm trying to settle a personal score. I could dramatize it by saying that I want to bring social justice to farm workers.
Cesar Chavez
Bring
,
Settle
,
Through
We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.
Cesar Chavez
Health
,
Production
There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.
Cesar Chavez
Work
,
Acceptance
,
Hours
If you want to remember me, organize!
Cesar Chavez
Remember
,
Want
,
Organize
Without a union, the people are always cheated, and they are so innocent.
Cesar Chavez
Innocent
,
Always
,
Union
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