Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.

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

In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.

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.

Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything - even our lives - in our struggle for justice.

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

Our conviction is that human life and limb are a very special possession given by God to man and that no one has the right to take that away, in any cause, however just...