Years of misguided teaching have resulted in the destruction of the best in our society, in our cultures and in the environment.
Cesar ChavezIf you win non-violently, then you have a double victory, you have not only won your fight, but you remain free.
Cesar ChavezStudents must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.
Cesar ChavezOnce social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. Cesar Chavez Address to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Nov. 9, 1984
Cesar ChavezThe poor, you know, have a way of solving problems...they have a tremendous capacity for suffering. And so when you build a vehicle to get something done, as we've done here in the strike and the boycott, then they continue to suffer - and maybe a little bit more - but the suffering becomes less important because they see a chance of progress; sometimes progress itself. They've been suffering all their live.s It's a question of suffering with some kind of hope now. That's better than suffering with no hope at all.
Cesar Chavez