The thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves.
Cesar ChavezStudents must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.
Cesar ChavezThe strike and the boycott, they have cost us much. What they have not paid us in wages, better working conditions, and new contracts, they have paid us in self-respect and human dignity.
Cesar ChavezSociety is made up of groups, and as long as the smaller groups do not have the same rights and the same protection as others - I don['t care whether you call it capitalism or communism -it is not going to work. Somehow, the guys in power have to be reached by counterpower, or through a change in their hearts and minds, or change will not come.
Cesar Chavez