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.
DOLORES HUERTAI 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.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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Especially as a teenager, I was always being racially profiled by the police. You just see all this injustice, and you want to do something about it, but you don’t know how.
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The thing about nonviolence is that it spreads. When you get people to participate in nonviolent action – whether it’s a fast, a march, a boycott, or a picket line – people hear you, people see you, people are learning from that action.
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Giving kids clothes and food is one thing, but it’s much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service of other people.
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Exercise your right to vote.
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Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
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That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
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We can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
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We as women should shine light on our accomplishments and not feel egotistical when we do. It’s a way to let the world know that we as women can accomplish great things!
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I had been a Girl Scout from the time I was 8 to the time I was 18 years old. I had belonged to my church organization and youth groups. But, you never really found a way that you could make a change.
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It’s important to realize that we all need to work together. With Weaving Movements, we are all interdependent and we all have to work together. If we could just realize that and understand that, we’ll keep our country strong.
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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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