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.

People who have lost their hunger for justice are not ultimately powerful. They are like sick people who have lost their appetite for what is truly nourishing. Such sick people should not frighten or discourage us. They should be prayed for along with the sick people who are in the hospital. "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."

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

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.

A movement with some lasting organization is a lot less dramatic than a movement with a lot of demonstrations and a lot of marching and so forth. The more dramatic organization does catch attention quicker. Over the long haul, however, it's a lot more difficult to keep together because you're not building solid...A lasting organization is one in which people will continue to build, develop and move when you are not there.

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.

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.