There Is No Such Thing As Defeat

Those Who Are Willing To Sacrifice And Be Of Service Have Very Little Difficulty With People. They Know What They Are All About. People Can't Help But Want To Be Near Them. They Help Them; They Work With Them. That's What Love Is All About. It Starts With Your Heart And Radiates Out.

Non-violence Has Suffered Its Biggest Defeat In The Hands Of People Who Most Want To Talk About It.

I've Always Maintained That It Isn't The Form That's Going To Make The Difference. It Isn't The Rule Or The Procedure Or The Ideology, But It's Human Beings That Will Make It.

There Are Vivid Memories From My Childhood-what We Had To Go Through Because Of Low Wages And The Conditions, Basically Because There Was No Union. I Suppose If I Wanted To Be Fair I Could Say That I'm Trying To Settle A Personal Score. I Could Dramatize It By Saying That I Want To Bring Social Justice To Farm Workers. But The Truth Is That I Went Through A Lot Of Hell, And A Lot Of People Did. If We Can Even The Score A Little For The Workers Then We Are Doing Something. Besides, I Don't Know Any Other Work I Like To Do Better Than This. I Really Don't.

Imagine The National Guard Being Called Against A Group Of Peaceful People. How Far Can We Get; How Disgraceful Can It Become? It's The Most Disgraceful, The Most Wicked Thing I've Seen In All My Years Of Organizing Farm Labor.