Nonviolence is really tough. You don't practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.

The only ones who make things change are fanatics. If you're not a fanatic around here, you can't cut it.

Years of misguided teaching have resulted in the destruction of the best in our society, in our cultures and in the environment.

Our language is the reflection of ourselves.

It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation of the environment with pesticides, hunger, disease. When the poor share some of the power that the affluent now monopolize, we will give a damn.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.

The strike and the boycott, they have cost us much. What they have not paid us in wages, better working conditions, and new contracts, they have paid us in self-respect and human dignity.