We can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
DOLORES HUERTAWhen a group of people get together, it’s collective power. You know that you’re doing it for the good.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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I’m glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.
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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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Our society is connecting workers with the products people consume and recognizing workers for their contributions. It is important to do that, and to have organized labor – a middle class – to preserve our democracy.
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We know we only have about half of our population that’s voting.
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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
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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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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
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Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.
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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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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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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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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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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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