As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
DOLORES HUERTAEmployers able to work together with workers and sharing gains and profits will lead to a much better world, getting away from income inequality.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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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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We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We’ve got to jump right in there with both feet.
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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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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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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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The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
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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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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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If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
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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 moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.
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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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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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If we don’t have workers organized into labor unions, we’re in great peril of losing our democracy.
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Every minute a chance to change the world.
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