This is the beginning of a social movement in fact and not in pronouncements. We seek our basic, God - given rights as human beings...We shall do it without violence because it is our destiny. To the growers and to all who oppose us, we say the words of Benito Juarez: `Respect for another's right is the meaning of peace.'

In this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves a shallow legacy. In the end, we will be judged by other standards.

Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.

When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.

To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.

What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.