Author: Cesar Chavez

Quotes

We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.

We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.

- Cesar Chavez

To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!

To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!

- Cesar Chavez

When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.

When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.

- Cesar Chavez

We learned many years ago that the rich may have money, but the poor have time.

We learned many years ago that the rich may have money, but the poor have time.

- Cesar Chavez

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.

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.

- Cesar Chavez

The end of all knowledge should be service to others.

The end of all knowledge should be service to others.

- Cesar Chavez

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

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

- Cesar Chavez

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

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

- Cesar Chavez

Farm workers are society's canaries. Farm workers - and their children - demonstrate the effects of pesticide poisoning before anyone else.

Farm workers are society's canaries. Farm workers - and their children - demonstrate the effects of pesticide poisoning before anyone else.

- Cesar Chavez

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