Cesar Chavez Page #8

who said it could never be done.

People said that

the growers were too powerful,

the police would be against us...

And the courts would beat us down,

and that sooner or later

we would fall back into the poverty

and despair of our forefathers.

But we didn't!

We didn't

because our common suffering

and love for each other kept us together.

Five years we were on strike!

It kept us sacrificing and fighting

for a better tomorrow,

a better tomorrow that we all dream about

as we work among these beautiful vines.

And when millions and millions of

Americans stopped doing one thing,

eating grapes,

we won the strike!

- We won!

- (ALL CHEERING)

Yes, we can!

CESAR:
I know there is no way

to justify the things that I've done...

Or that I've not done for you.

It saddens me to think that

we never got a chance

to go fishing together

or catch a baseball game

or even go watch a movie.

There's no way to turn back the clock

and to make up for lost time.

But I want you to know that

your mother and I

miss you very much, Fernando.

It seems so ironic to think that,

because I've tried to do things that

my father could never do for us,

I'm now so distant from you.

Please know that

the day you came into this world

was also the day that I

received the clarity

that I so desperately needed.

You and your brothers and sisters

are the purpose for my struggle.

Everything I do is for you.

And I hope you remember that.

I also hope that one day

you can be as proud of me as I am of you.

REAL CESAR:
But I want

more than anything else,

I would like to see the poor

take a very direct part in shaping society.

And let them make the decisions.

And in our case, if the poor are not

involved, then change will never come.

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