The Non-violent Technique Does Not

The Non-violent Technique Does Not Depend For Its Success On The Goodwill Of The Oppressor, But Rather On The Unfailing Assistance Of God.

We Are Convinced That Non-violence Is More Powerful Than Violence. We Are Convinced That Non-violence Supports You If You Have A Just And Moral Cause...if You Use Violence, You Have To Sell Part Of Yourself For That Violence. Then You Are No Longer A Master Of Your Own Struggle.

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.

Imagine The National Guard Being Called Against A Group Of Peaceful People. How Far Can We Get; How Disgraceful Can It Become? It's The Most Disgraceful, The Most Wicked Thing I've Seen In All My Years Of Organizing Farm Labor.

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.