My mother was a dominant force in our family. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that women had to be dominated by men.

I'm glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.

I think we brought to the world, the United States anyway, the whole idea of boycotting as a nonviolent tactic. I think we showed the world that nonviolence can work to make social change.

We know we only have about half of our population that's voting.

How do I stop eleven million people from buying the grape?

If we don't have workers organized into labor unions, we're in great peril of losing our democracy.

I quit because I can’t stand seeing kids come to class hungry and needing shoes. I thought I could do more by organizing farm workers than by trying to teach their hungry children.