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.
DOLORES HUERTAI am happy to see that, increasingly, people care about farm workers. There is tremendous interest in where and how our food is grown.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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Exercise your right to vote.
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I was very fortunate to have known Fred Ross Sr., who was organizing the Community Service Organization (CSO) way back in the late 50’s and early 60’s. I was able to work with him.
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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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If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
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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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Once I learned about grassroots organizing, I got so enamored with it because I thought ‘Wow this is the way you do it!’
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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
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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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We know we only have about half of our population that’s voting.
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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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I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That’s the important thing.
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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.
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My 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.
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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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