Aquiles Chavez Quotes

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak ... Non-violence is hard work. ~ Cesar Chavez

We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause. ~ Cesar Chavez

The Chavez-Obama pictures will join a postmodern photo array that includes Donald Rumsfeld gifting Saddam Hussein with spurs from President Reagan. ~ Christine Pelosi

I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang. ~ Hugo Chavez

Look at the John Birch Society. Look at Hitler. The reactionaries are always better organizers. ~ Cesar Chavez

Unfortunately, in this Obama Government, we have charges of drug trafficking and terrorism. For Evo, it's drug trafficking. For Hugo, it's terrorism. Evo Morales, drug trafficking. Hugo Chavez, terrorism. ~ Evo Morales

Democracy is impossible in a capitalist system. Capitalism is the realm of injustice and a tyranny of the richest against the poorest. ~ Hugo Chavez

No part of the human community can live entirely on its own planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest of humanity. ~ Hugo Chavez

The road to social justice for the farm worker is the road of unionization. Our cause, our strike against table grapes and our international boycott are all founded upon our deep conviction that the form of collective self-help, which is unionization, holds far more hope for the farm worker than any other single approach, whether public or private. This conviction is what brings spirit, high hope and optimism to everything we do. ~ Cesar Chavez

To love is human.
To err thus comes along with it. ~ Ana Chavez

There's no turning back ... We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart ... ~ Cesar Chavez

They're going to need a DNA test to identify him after the fight (Chavez Jr.) ~ Sergio Martinez

We are certain God's will is that all men share in the good things this earth produces. ~ Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything. ~ Cesar Chavez

The world should forget about cheap oil. [The price] will keep going up and some day arrive at US$100 per barrel. ~ Hugo Chavez

The United Nations was founded in the aftermath of World War II, just as the world was beginning to learn the full horrors of history's worst genocide, the Holocaust that consumed 6 million Jews and 3 million others in Europe. ~ Linda Chavez

The United States is like Count Dracula who at six o'clock in the morning has not sucked [any necks]. ~ Hugo Chavez

Even socialist dictators have an interest in gorgeous supermodels. ~ Hugo Chavez

We must reduce all the emissions that are destroying the planet. However, that requires a change in lifestyle, a change in the economic model: We must go from capitalism to socialism. ~ Hugo Chavez

Although an increasing proportion of the Hispanic population is foreign-born - about half of adults in this group - English proficiency is and should remain a requirement for citizenship. ~ Linda Chavez

Let the dogs of the empire bark, that's their job; ours is to battle to achieve the true liberation of our people. ~ Hugo Chavez

We'll organize workers in this movement as long as we're willing to sacrifice. The moment we stop sacrificing, we stop organizing. ~ Cesar Chavez

If you're not frightened that you might fail, you'll never do the job. If you're frightened, you'll work like crazy. ~ Cesar Chavez

Most governments in the United States in a hundred years have not respected the peoples of Latin America. They have sponsored coup d'etats, assassinations. ~ Hugo Chavez

The U.S. has already suffered a devastating attack on September 11, 2001, and may again become a target. ~ Linda Chavez

We also exchange oil for software technology. Uruguay is one of the biggest producers of software. We are breaking with the neoliberal model. We do not believe in free trade. We believe in fair trade and exchange, not competition but cooperation. I'm not giving away oil for free. Just using oil, first to benefit our people, to relieve poverty. ~ Hugo Chavez

Non-violence is a very powerful weapon. Most people don't understand the power of non-violence and tend to be amazed by the whole idea. Those who have been involved in bringing about change and see the difference between violence and non-violence are firmly committed to a lifetime of non-violence, not because it is easy or because it is cowardly, but because it is an effective and very powerful way. ~ Cesar Chavez

We have suffered unnumbered ills and crimes in the name of the Law of the Land. Our men, women and children have suffered not only the basic brutality of stoop labor, and the most obvious injustices of the system; they have also suffered the desperation of knowing that the system caters to the greed of callous men and not to our needs. Now we will suffer for the purpose of ending the poverty, the misery, and the injustice, with the hope that our children will not be exploited as we have been. They have imposed hungers on us, and now we hunger for justice. ~ Cesar Chavez

Liberals believe they own the franchise on minorities and can't stand any Hispanic or black who breaks rank. ~ Linda Chavez

The workers aren't going to stop struggling. They're going to struggle to have a union and they have the right to have it. The police repression and the grower indifference to the workers' demands for recognition cannot go unheard so we're going to keep on struggling until we get that recognition. ~ Cesar Chavez

I think developed countries - so-called developed countries - should reflect upon the way of living and the waste of energy. ~ Hugo Chavez

We need not only one Cesar Chavez; we need a thousand Cesar Chavezes. ~ Jorge Ramos