We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.

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

Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and that no one has a right to take that away in any cause, however just. I am convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence.

[We believe that unions have always been about much more than the industries in which they operate.] The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, ... It is always about people.

We are convinced that non-violence is more powerful than violence. We are convinced that non-violence supports you if you have a just and moral cause...If you use violence, you have to sell part of yourself for that violence. Then you are no longer a master of your own struggle.

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

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