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.

If you're not frightened that you might fail, you'll never do the job. If you're frightened, you'll work like crazy.

In non-violence the cause has to be just and clear as well as the means.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him...The people who give you their food give you their heart.

I believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men of our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence …

We, the undersigned, gathered in Pilgrimage to the capital of the State in Sacramento in penance for all the failings of Farm Workers as free and sovereign men…

Dr. King was also radical in his beliefs about violence. He learned how to successfully fight hatred and violence with the unstoppable power of nonviolence. He…