I Would Not Take One Cup Of

If You Win Non-violently, Then You Have A Double Victory, You Have Not Only Won Your Fight, But You Remain Free.

We Know What Unions Have Done For Other People. We Have Seen It And We Have Studied And We Have Cherished The Idea Of Unionism. We Have Seen The History And Development Of Unions In This Country And We Tell The Growers That We Want Nothing More, But That We Want Our Own Union And We Are Going To Fight For It As Long As It Takes.

Our Very Lives Are Dependent, For Sustenance, On The Sweat And Sacrifice Of The Campesinos. Children Of Farm Workers Should Be As Proud Of Their Parents' Professions As Other Children Are Of Theirs.

This Is The Beginning Of A Social Movement In Fact And Not In Pronouncements. We Seek Our Basic, God - Given Rights As Human Beings...we Shall Do It Without Violence Because It Is Our Destiny. To The Growers And To All Who Oppose Us, We Say The Words Of Benito Juarez: `respect For Another's Right Is The Meaning Of Peace.'

I Am Convinced That The Truest Act Of Courage, The Strongest Act Of Manliness, Is To Sacrifice Ourselves For Others In A Totally Nonviolent Struggle For Justice. To Be A Man Is To Suffer For Others. God Help Us To Be Men!