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Together, all things are possible
If you want to remember me, organize!
The people united will never be defeated.
Self dedication is a spiritual experience.
We're going to pray a lot and picket a lot.
Our language is the reflection of ourselves.
What I do shows people what kind of person I am.
The basis for peace is respecting all creatures.
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
The end of all knowledge should be service to others.
You are never strong enough that you don't need help.
We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
The people who give you their food give you their heart.
You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!
The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
Grant me courage to serve others; For in service there is true life.
It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
There is no law for farm labor organizing, save the law of the jungle.
In non-violence the cause has to be just and clear as well as the means.
Without a union, the people are always cheated, and they are so innocent.
When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
We learned many years ago that the rich may have money, but the poor have time.
It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love.
When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It's an extremely powerful weapon.
The thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves.
We are certain God's will is that all men share in the good things this earth produces.
We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.
There's no reason to be non-violent. There's no challenge unless you are living for people.
Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
Look at the John Birch Society. Look at Hitler. The reactionaries are always better organizers.
The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.
We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
I'm not going to ask for anything unless the workers want it. If they want it, they'll ask for it.
Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.
Talk is cheap...It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.
There's no turning back...We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
As long as we have a poor country bordering California, it's going to be very difficult to win strikes.
We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
The only ones who make things change are fanatics. If you're not a fanatic around here, you can't cut it.
Nonviolence is really tough. You don't practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.
We are organizers at heart. Most of us in the movement take great pride in being able to put things together.
In 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.