When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit that our lives are all that really belong to us, so it is how we use our lives that determines what kind of men we are. It is my deepest belief that only by giving life do we find life, that the truest act courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice. To be a man is to suffer for others, God help us to be men.
Cesar ChavezWe are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
Cesar ChavezToday, the growers are like a punch-drunk old boxer who doesn't know he's past his prime. The times are changing. The political and social environment has changed. The chickens are coming home to roost - and the time to account for past sins is approaching.
Cesar ChavezWhen a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again.
Cesar Chavez