Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.
DOLORES HUERTAIf you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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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 don’t have workers organized into labor unions, we’re in great peril of losing our democracy.
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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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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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That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
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Exercise your right to vote.
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If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
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I call myself an addicted organizer.
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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 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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I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That’s the important thing.
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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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People would say ‘Who is a leader?’ A leader is a person that does the work. It’s very simple. It’s a personal choice for people who choose to put in their time and their commitment to do the work. It’s a personal choice.
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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
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