We Are Certain God's Will Is That

The Picket Line Is The Best Place To Train Organizers. One Day On The Picket Line Is Where A Man Makes His Commitment. The Longer On The Picket Line, The Stronger The Commitment. A Lot Of Workers Think They Make Their Commitment By Walking Off The Job When Nobody Sees Them. But You Get A Guy To Walk Off The Field When His Boss Is Watching And, In Front Of The Other Guys, Throw Down His Tools And March Right To The Picket Line, That Is The Guy Who Makes Our Strike. The Picket Line Is A Beautiful Thing Because It Makes A Man More Human.

Across The San Joaquin Valley, Across California, Across The Entire Southwest Of The United States, Wherever There Are Mexican People, Wherever There Are Farm Workers, Our Movement Is Spreading Like Flames Across A Dry Plain.

The Only Ones Who Make Things Change Are Fanatics. If You're Not A Fanatic Around Here, You Can't Cut It.

There Are Vivid Memories From My Childhood-what We Had To Go Through Because Of Low Wages And The Conditions, Basically Because There Was No Union. I Suppose If I Wanted To Be Fair I Could Say That I'm Trying To Settle A Personal Score. I Could Dramatize It By Saying That I Want To Bring Social Justice To Farm Workers. But The Truth Is That I Went Through A Lot Of Hell, And A Lot Of People Did. If We Can Even The Score A Little For The Workers Then We Are Doing Something. Besides, I Don't Know Any Other Work I Like To Do Better Than This. I Really Don't.

We Cannot Seek Achievement For Ourselves And Forget About 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.