6 Cesar Chavez Quotes on Ethics

Cesar Chavez quotes on ethics

46. However important the struggle is and however much misery and poverty and degradation exist, we know that it cannot be more important than one human life.

58. In non-violence the cause has to be just and clear as well as the means.

73. Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about 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. ... 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.

81. 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...

91. Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?

145. What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.