We Must Understand That The Highest Form

Until The Chance For Political Participation Is There, We Who Are Poor Will Continue To Attack The Soft Part Of The American System - Its Economic Structure. We Will Build Power Through Boycotts, Strikes, New Union - Whatever Techniques We Can Develop. These Attacks On The Status Quo Will Come, Not Because We Hate, But Because We Know America Can Construct A Humane Society For All Its Citizens - And That If It Does Not, There Will Chaos.

Non-violence Has Suffered Its Biggest Defeat In The Hands Of People Who Most Want To Talk About It.

We Are Suffering. We Have Suffered. And We Are Not Afraid To Suffer In Order To Win Our Cause.

Kindness And Compassion Towards All Living Things Is A Mark Of A Civilized Society. Conversely, Cruelty, Whether It Is Directed Against Human Beings Or Against Animals, Is Not The Exclusive Province Of Any One Culture Or Community Of People.

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.