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.

Quote by Cesar Chavez

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We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community......

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community......

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the...

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the...

There's no turning back...We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of...

There's no turning back...We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of...

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to...

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to...

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity...

We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity...

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or...

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or...

. . . when the farm workers strike and their strike is successful, the employers...

. . . when the farm workers strike and their strike is successful, the employers...

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with...

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with...

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there...

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there...

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and...

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and...

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has...

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has...

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think...

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think...

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own...

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own...

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

Education is all a matter of building bridges

Education is all a matter of building bridges

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.