I remember with strong ...

I remember with strong feelings the families who joined our movement and paid dues long before there was any hope of winning contracts. Sometimes, fathers and mothers would take money out of their meager food budgets just because they believed that farm workers could and must build their own union. I remember thinking then that with spirit like that... we had to win. No force on earth could stop us.
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 Cesar Chavez

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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.
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 Cesar Chavez
...there has to be someone who is willing to do it, who is willing to take whatever risks are required. I don't think it can be done with money alone. The person has to be dedicated to the task. There has to be some other motivation.
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 Cesar Chavez
Non-violence exacts a very high price from one who practices it. But once you are able to meet that demand then you can do most things.
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 Cesar Chavez
There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.
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 Cesar Chavez
We are organizers at heart. Most of us in the movement take great pride in being able to put things together.
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 Cesar Chavez