We can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
DOLORES HUERTAOnce 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.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
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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 we don’t have workers organized into labor unions, we’re in great peril of losing our democracy.
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As we’ve focused more on our food and where it comes from, people now have greater awareness of what’s being put onto our food, pesticides, labeling issues, and consumer health.
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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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Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote – this is what I call Organizing 101.
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I think we brought to the world, the United States anyway, the whole idea of boycotting as a nonviolent tactic. I think we showed the world that nonviolence can work to make social change.
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The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
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That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
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If we can just convince other people to get involved, this could make some major changes in our society. It’s very exhilarating.
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Every minute a chance to change the world.
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I call myself an addicted organizer.
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As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
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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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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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