A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know it means dignity.

The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is also the most true to our nature.

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

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.'

You are never strong enough that you don't need help.

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

When workers fall back on violence, they are lost. Oh, they might win some of their demands and might end a strike a little earlier, but they give up their imagination, their creativity, their will to work hard and to suffer for what they believe is right.