"It is a gate of hope through which they expect to find the sunlight of a better life for themselves and their families." (Chavez depicting boycott)

"Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers."

"We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about the progress and prosperity for our community÷ Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own."

"Preservation of oneÌs own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures."

"The strike and the boycott, they have cost us much. What they have not paid us in wages, better working conditions, and new contracts, they have paid us in self-respect and human dignity."

"Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?"

"Farmworkers are involved in the planting and the cultivation and the harvesting of the greatest abundance of food known in this society."

"When a man or woman, young or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again. Through non-violence, he has confirmed the humanity of others."

"We are confident. We have ourselves. We know how to sacrifice. We know how to work. We know how to combat the forces that oppose us. But even more than that, we are true believers in the whole idea of justice."

"¡Viva la causa!" (Long live the Cause!)

"IÌm not going to ask for anything unless the workers want it. If they want it, theyÌll ask for it."

"In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union."

"¡Si se puede!" (Yes, it can be done!)

"This is the beginning of a social movement in fact and not in pronouncements."

"Non-violence is a very strong weapon."

"Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott."

"It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in." (Chavez depicting public action)

"I realized that the growers appeared to be so powerful simply because the workers had no power."

"Respect for faith of others stands on the same footing as culture."

"The thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves."

"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."