My children grew up very resourceful and strong in spite of them having to live with different families and that I had to drag them all over the country with me.
DOLORES HUERTAMy mother was a dominant force in our family. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that women had to be dominated by men.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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A women’s place in history has never been given the attention that it needs to be given, and that’s why we have a lot of the misogyny in our society today.
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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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People can take power over their communities and over their lives. Some people don’t realize they can do that. They think ‘It’s OK for other people, but I myself can’t do it.’ Hopefully, that will come out of the film.
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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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We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We’ve got to jump right in there with both feet.
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I want to say to mothers out there, you know, take your children to marches. Take them to meetings because this is a way that they can become strong, and they understand what politics is all about because they are actually living it.
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We have to get back down to basics. We have to start organizing at the neighborhood level to get people educated to vote.
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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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We can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
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That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
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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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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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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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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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I’m glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.
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