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

We shall strike. We shall organize boycotts. We shall demonstrate and have political campaigns. We shall pursue the revolution we have proposed. We are sons and daughters of the farm workers' revolution, a revolution of the poor seeking bread and justice.

The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.

Violence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.

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

If we are full of hatred, we can't really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan.

It's ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your tables with abundance have nothing left for themselves.