Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.

When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.

There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.

Look at the John Birch Society. Look at Hitler. The reactionaries are always better organizers.

The picket line is the best place to train organizers. One day on the picket line is where a man makes his commitment. The longer on the picket line, the stronger the commitment. A lot of workers think they make their commitment by walking off the job when nobody sees them. But you get a guy to walk off the field when his boss is watching and, in front of the other guys, throw down his tools and march right to the picket line, that is the guy who makes our strike. The picket line is a beautiful thing because it makes a man more human.

It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.

When you have people together who believe in something very strongly - whether it's religion or politics or unions - things happen.