I’m glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.
DOLORES HUERTAWe as women should shine light on our accomplishments and not feel egotistical when we do. It’s a way to let the world know that we as women can accomplish great things!
More Dolores Huerta Quotes
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Every minute a chance to change the world.
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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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That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t.
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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 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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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.
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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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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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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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Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.
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Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can’t get food stamps?
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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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We can’t let people drive wedges between us, because there’s only one human race.
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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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I call myself an addicted organizer.
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