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.
DOLORES HUERTAThat’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.
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Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
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Leadership is a choice one makes.
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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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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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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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I quit because I can’t stand seeing kids come to class hungry and needing shoes. I thought I could do more by organizing farm workers than by trying to teach their hungry children.
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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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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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I’m glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.
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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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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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That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
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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 call myself an addicted organizer.
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