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Our opponents in the agricultural industry are very powerful and farm workers are still weak in money and influence. But we have another kind of power that comes from the justice of our cause. So long as we are willing to sacrifice for that cause, so long as we persist in non-violence and work to spread the message of our struggle, then millions of people around the world will respond from their heart, will support our efforts... and in the end we will overcome.

Cesar Chavez#83

JusticePowerNon violenceSolidarity

About this quote

What does it mean?
Moral power and non-violence can overcome economic power through global support.
In plain terms
Justice and non-violence bring global support that defeats money.
What can you take from it?
Moral strength can overcome financial power.

Where it applies

  • social movements
  • international campaigns
  • labor strikes

Putting it to work

  • cultivate moral power
  • seek global allies

Questions to consider

  • Where does true power come from?
  • How do you build solidarity?

Another view

Economic power can still block progress in the short term.

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