You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

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

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

There is a great fear of our Union - a fear that I do not fully understand, but that I know is present...What is it that causes some men to act so hastily and so cruelly? It cannot be that we are so powerful. Is it so much to ask that the poorest people of the land have a measure of justice?

We'll organize workers in this movement as long as we're willing to sacrifice. The moment we stop sacrificing, we stop organizing.