Our Very Lives Are Dependent, For Sustenance,

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.

Non-violence Is Not Inaction. It Is Not Discussion. It Is Not For The Timid Or Weak... Non-violence Is Hard Work.

Our Struggle Is Not Easy. Those Who Oppose Our Cause Are Rich And Powerful And They Have Many Allies In High Places. We Are Poor. Our Allies Are Few. But We Have Something The Rich Do Not Own. We Have Our Bodies And Spirits And The Justice Of Our Cause As Our Weapons.

Look At The John Birch Society. Look At Hitler. The Reactionaries Are Always Better Organizers.

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.