The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God.

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

We are tired of words, of betrayals, of indifference...they years are gone when the farm worker said nothing an did nothing to help himself...Now we have new faith. Through our strong will, our movement is changing these conditions...We shall be heard.

...people think non-violence is really weak and non-militant. These are misconceptions that people have because they don't understand what non-violence means. Non-violence takes more guts, if I can put it bluntly, than violence. Most violent acts are accomplished by getting the opponent off guard, and it doesn't take that much character, I think, if one wants to do it.

Our language is the reflection of ourselves.

We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.

If you are interested in preventing animal suffering, the first thing you should give up is eggs and milk, because the animals who produce those foods lead the most unhappy lives. You would do better to eat meat and stop eating eggs and dairy products.