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 HUERTAPeople 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.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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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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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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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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When you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that’s what makes a leader.
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I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That’s the important thing.
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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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Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
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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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I call myself an addicted organizer.
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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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That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
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When a group of people get together, it’s collective power. You know that you’re doing it for the good.
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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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