5 Cesar Chavez Quotes on Respect

Cesar Chavez quotes on respect

39. Do not romanticize the poor... We are all people, human beings subject to the same temptations and faults as all others. Our poverty damages our dignity.

90. Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

92. Respect for the faith of others stands on the same footing as culture.

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.

146. When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again. He has confirmed his own humanity. Through non-violence, he has confirmed the humanity of others.