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Cesar Chavez
American
Activist
About the author
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,
American
Activist
#Work
#Poor
#Money
#Force
#Benefits
#Corporations
Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
Cesar Chavez,
American
Activist
#Character
#Growth
#Language
#Reflection
In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
Cesar Chavez,
American
Activist
#Violence
You are never strong enough that you don't need help.
Cesar Chavez,
American
Activist
#Help
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,
American
Activist
#Books
#Education
#Students
#Humanity
#Goodness
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,
American
Activist
#Help
#Parents
#Students
#Community
#Nation
#Diversity
We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
Cesar Chavez,
American
Activist
#Strength
#Despair
Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
Cesar Chavez,
American
Activist
#Culture
#Contempt
There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
Cesar Chavez,
American
Activist
#Defeat
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,
American
Activist
#People
#Work
#Problems
#Strength
#Dignity
#Needs
#Despair
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,
American
Activist
#Want
#People
#Heart
#Food
#Friend
There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.
Cesar Chavez,
American
Activist
#Work
#Day
#Patience
#Hard work
#Acceptance
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,
American
Activist
#Forget
#Needs
#Progress
#Achievement
#Community
#Prosperity
#Aspirations
Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.
Cesar Chavez,
American
Activist
#Act
#Students
The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
Cesar Chavez,
American
Activist
#People
#Fight