Heroes for a Better World

César Chavez
(1927-1993)

Mexican-American Labor Leader, Civil Rights Activist
Points of Light Foundation Extra-Mile Honoree
1992 Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award
1994 Presidential Medal of Freedom
Gandhi Peace Award Winner
Labor Hall of Fame

birthdate: March 31
birthplace:
Yuma, Arizona

QUOTES

"You know, if people are not pacifists, it's not their fault. It's because society puts them in that spot. You've got to change it. You don't just change a man - you've got to change his environment as you do it."

"Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak … Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win."

"If you give yourself totally to the nonviolence struggle for peace and justice you also find that people give you their hearts and you will never go hungry and never be alone."

"I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice. To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!"

"It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation of the environment with pesticides, hunger, disease. When the poor share some of the power that the affluent now monopolize, we will give a damn."

"There is no such thing as defeat in nonviolence."

"The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating."

"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate 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.

 


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