Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.
DOLORES HUERTAGiving 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.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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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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Every minute a chance to change the world.
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We need to keep ringing the bell, wake people up to get our democracy together. Farm workers are like a symbol, and it is good that people are paying attention.
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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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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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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.
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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 you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
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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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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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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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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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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
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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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