I've always maintained that it isn't the form that's going to make the difference. It isn't the rule or the procedure or the ideology, but it's human beings that will make it.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-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.

When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again.

True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.

If you're not frightened that you might fail, you'll never do the job. If you're frightened, you'll work like crazy.

However important the struggle is and however much misery and poverty and degradation exist, we know that it cannot be more important than one human life.