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.

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

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

We have looked into the future and the future is ours.

I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice. To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!

What, then, is the effect of pesticides? Pesticides have created a legacy of pain, and misery, and death for farm workers and consumers alike. The crop which poses the greatest danger, and the focus of our struggle, is the table grape crop. These pesticides soak the fields. Drift with the wind, pollute the water, and are eaten by unwitting consumers. These poisons are designed to kill, and pose a very real threat to consumers and farm workers alike.

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.