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Laborer Inspirational Quotes (93)

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Men who had poetry in their soul come silently into the world and live quietly down the years, and yet when they are gone no moon in the sky is lucid enough to compare with the light they shed when they are among the living.
Carlos Bulosan
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We are certain God's will is that all men share in the good things this earth produces.
Cesar Chavez
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Non violence means people in action. People have to understand that with non-violence goes a hell of a lot of organization.
Cesar Chavez
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Across the San Joaquin Valley, across California, across the entire Southwest of the United States, wherever there are Mexican people, wherever there are farm workers, our movement is spreading like flames across a dry plain.
Cesar Chavez
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Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.
Cesar Chavez
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We are convinced that non-violence is more powerful than violence. We are convinced that non-violence supports you if you have a just and moral cause...If you use violence, you have to sell part of yourself for that violence. Then you are no longer a master of your own struggle.
Cesar Chavez
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If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.
Claude Pepper
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Our conviction is that human life and limb are a very special possession given by God to man and that no one has the right to take that away, in any cause, however just...
Cesar Chavez
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The people who give you their food give you their heart.
Cesar Chavez
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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
Cesar Chavez
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The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God.
Cesar Chavez
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We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
Cesar Chavez
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Just as Dr. King was a disciple of Gandhi and Christ, we must now be Dr. King's disciples. Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge.
Cesar Chavez
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Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.
Cesar Chavez
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Kindness and compassion towards all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or against animals, is not the exclusive province of any one culture or community of people.
Cesar Chavez
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We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves...
Cesar Chavez
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We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess - their very lives.
Cesar Chavez
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You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
Cesar Chavez
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We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.
Cesar Chavez
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There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.
Cesar Chavez
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You are never strong enough that you don't need help.
Cesar Chavez
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