Across the San Joaquin Valley, across California, across the entire Southwest of the United States, wherever there are Mexican people, wherever there are farm workers, our movement is spreading like flames across a dry plain.

I would not take one cup of coffee from a grower...There's not a good one. I hate them. A few presents, a little talk, then the noose. That's how capitalism works.

If you're not frightened that you might fail, you'll never do the job. If you're frightened, you'll work like crazy.

The people who give you their food give you their heart.

We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.

...many have the idea that organizing people is very difficult, but it isn't. It becomes difficult only at the point where you begin to see other things that are easier. But if you are willing to give the time and make the sacrifice, it's not that difficult to organize.

Look at the John Birch Society. Look at Hitler. The reactionaries are always better organizers.