When You Sacrifice, You Force

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.

Once 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

Students Must Have Initiative; They Should Not Be Mere Imitators. They Must Learn To Think And Act For Themselves - And Be Free.

In The Final Analysis It Doesn't Really Matter What The Political System Is...we Don't Need Perfect Political Systems; We Need Perfect Participation.

When The Man Who Feeds The World By Toiling In The Fields Is Himself Deprived Of The Basic Rights Of Feeding, Sheltering, And Caring For His Own Family, The Whole Community Of Man Is Sick.