There is no law for farm labor organizing, save the law of the jungle.
Interpretation
Farm workers must unite and advocate for their rights in a hostile environment.
This quote by Cesar Chavez emphasizes the harsh realities faced by farm laborers, suggesting that without formal laws to protect their rights, they are left to navigate a survival-of-the-fittest situation. It calls for solidarity and courage among workers to organize and fight for their rights against exploitation and neglect.
In practice
During a union meeting, to inspire solidarity among members.
I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom. It was my dog Boycott who led me to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings.
I think one of the great, great problems...is confusing people to the point where they become immobile. In fact, the more things people can find out for themselves, the more vigor the organization is going to have.
In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.
There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.
Our union represents a breaking away...represents sharing a power, represent questioning, represents a new force...however long it takes, we are geared for a struggle.
Every time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good earth, remember that they come from the work of men and women and children who have been exploited for generations.
I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed! Gen.
Transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble. O holy Mother Earth, O air and sun, behold me. I am wronged.
The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.
When I came to New York it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. And I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done.
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