The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

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

...there has to be someone who is willing to do it, who is willing to take whatever risks are required. I don't think it can be done with money alone. The person has to be dedicated to the task. There has to be some other motivation.

We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation.

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

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

In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union.