Non-violence Is Not Inaction. It

I Remember With Strong Feelings The Families Who Joined Our Movement And Paid Dues Long Before There Was Any Hope Of Winning Contracts. Sometimes, Fathers And Mothers Would Take Money Out Of Their Meager Food Budgets Just Because They Believed That Farm Workers Could And Must Build Their Own Union. I Remember Thinking Then That With Spirit Like That... We Had To Win. No Force On Earth Could Stop Us.

We Do Not Need To Kill Or Destroy To Win. We Are A Movement That Builds And Not Destroys.

It Takes A Lot Of Punishment To Be Able To Do Anything To Change The Social Order.

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

Because We Have Suffered, And We Are Not Afraid To Suffer In Order To Survive, We Are Ready To Give Up Everything - Even Our Lives - In Our Struggle For Justice.