When you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that’s what makes a leader.
DOLORES HUERTAIf we don’t have workers organized into labor unions, we’re in great peril of losing our democracy.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.
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Once you see the outcomes and the results, and you see how many people are helped and benefitting, you want to keep on doing it because it’s so simple.
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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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In fact, the corporations are driving out the competition and it is not getting better, especially when they are not paying income taxes. Thank goodness for the social media out there, because we sure can’t count on the corporate media to get the word out.
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I think we brought to the world, the United States anyway, the whole idea of boycotting as a nonviolent tactic. I think we showed the world that nonviolence can work to make social change.
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The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
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We can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
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I am happy to see that, increasingly, people care about farm workers. There is tremendous interest in where and how our food is grown.
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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.
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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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If we don’t have workers organized into labor unions, we’re in great peril of losing our democracy.
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Don’t be a marshmallow. Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk. Stop being vegetables. Work for Justice. Viva the boycott!
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Employers able to work together with workers and sharing gains and profits will lead to a much better world, getting away from income inequality.
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If we can just convince other people to get involved, this could make some major changes in our society. It’s very exhilarating.
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