Once Social Change Begins, It Cannot Be

Across The San Joaquin Valley, Across California, Across The Entire Southwest Of The United States, Wherever There Are Mexican People, Wherever There Are Farm Workers, Our Movement Is Spreading Like Flames Across A Dry Plain.

(farm Workers) Are Involved In The Planting And The Cultivation And The Harvesting Of The Greatest Abundance Of Food Known In This Society. They Bring In So Much Food To Feed You And Me And The Whole Country And Enough Food To Export To Other Places. The Ironic Thing And The Tragic Thing Is That After They Make This Tremendous Contribution, They Don't Have Any Money Or Any Food Left For Themselves.

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

Non-violence Is Very Weak In The Theoretical Sense; It Cannot Defend Itself. But It Is Most Powerful In The Action Situation Where People Are Using Non-violence Because They Want Desperately To Bring About Some Change. Non-violence In Action Is A Very Potent Force And It Can't Be Stopped. The People Who Are Struggling Have The Complete Say-so. No Man-made Law, No Human Ruler, No Army Can Destroy This. There Is No Way It Can Be Destroyed... And So, If We Have The Capacity To Endure, If We Have The Patience, Things Will Change.

Our Conviction Is That Human Life And Limb Are A Very Special Possession Given By God To Man And That No One Has The Right To Take That Away, In Any Cause, However Just...