When you talk about sacrifices, the ones in my family who have sacrificed are my children, because I love what I'm doing. I love the work. I love to go out there and talk about organizing the people. To me, that's something I really enjoy.

When a group of people get together, it's collective power. You know that you're doing it for the good.

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

When you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that's what makes a leader.

Among our people, theres not any question about women being strong -- even stronger than men -- they work in the fields right along with the men. When your survival is at stake, you dont have these questions about yourself like middle -- class women do.

A women's place in history has never been given the attention that it needs to be given, and that's why we have a lot of the misogyny in our society today.

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.