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.
DOLORES HUERTAWe can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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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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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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Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
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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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That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
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People 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.
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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 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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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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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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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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Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
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Every minute a chance to change the world.
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