We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves...

it is clearly evident that our path travels through a valley of teas well known to all farm workers, because in all valleys the way of the farm worker has bene one of sacrifice for generations. Our sweat and our blood have fallen on this land to make other men rich. This Pilgrimage is a witness to the suffering we have seen for generations.

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.

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. Cesar Chavez Address to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Nov. 9, 1984

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

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

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