Non violence means people in action. People have to understand that with non-violence goes a hell of a lot of organization.

Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.

Our very lives are dependent, for sustenance, on the sweat and sacrifice of the campesinos. Children of farm workers should be as proud of their parents' professions as other children are of theirs.

We know what unions have done for other people. We have seen it and we have studied and we have cherished the idea of unionism. We have seen the history and development of unions in this country and we tell the growers that we want nothing more, but that we want our own union and we are going to fight for it as long as it takes.

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.

The thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves.

Violence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.