If you win non-violently, then you have a double victory, you have not only won your fight, but you remain free.

Society is made up of groups, and as long as the smaller groups do not have the same rights and the same protection as others - I don['t care whether you call it capitalism or communism -it is not going to work. Somehow, the guys in power have to be reached by counterpower, or through a change in their hearts and minds, or change will not come.

The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is also the most true to our nature.

Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life.

The people who give you their food give you their heart.

Talk is cheap...It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.

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.