Dolores Huerta Quotes

Dolores Huerta Quotes.

Racism and sexism, misogyny and homophobia, they're so

Racism and sexism, misogyny and homophobia, they’re so visible. They’re out in the open. When they’re visible, it’s a lot easier to deal with them.
Dolores Huerta
My son Emilio is running for Congress to continue the fight for social justice.
Dolores Huerta
Every single day we sit down to eat, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and at our table we have food that was planted, picked, or harvested by a farm worker. Why is it that the people who do the most sacred work in our nation are the most oppressed, the most exploited?
Dolores Huerta
Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.
Dolores Huerta
Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
Dolores Huerta
Leadership is a choice one makes.
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I think that's something that all mothers have to deal

I think that’s something that all mothers have to deal with, especially single mothers. We work, and we have to leave the kids behind. And I think that’s one of the reasons that we, not only as women but as families, we have to advocate for early childhood education for all of our children.
Dolores Huerta
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.
Dolores Huerta
When you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that’s what makes a leader.
Dolores Huerta
My dad was very intelligent, had a very strong personality. I was amazed with my father.
Dolores Huerta
If people don’t vote, everything stays the same. You can protest until the sky turns yellow or the moon turns blue, and it’s not going to change anything if you don’t vote.
Dolores Huerta
I think organized labor is a necessary part of democracy. Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.
Dolores Huerta
A women's place in history has never been given the att

A women’s place in history has never been given the attention that it needs to be given, and that’s why we have a lot of the misogyny in our society today.
Dolores Huerta
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.
Dolores Huerta