15 Dolores Huerta Quotes for You to Enjoy

Dolores Huerta

American Activist

Born: Apr 10, 1930

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Related authors: Angela Davis Cesar Chavez Gloria Steinem Harriet Tubman Malcolm X Noam Chomsky Sojourner Truth Susan B. Anthony

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

You Change Vote People Sky Moon Everything Stays Until Protest Yellow Same Blue Going Anything Turns

When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue. Dolores Huerta

You Conflict People Try Resolve Side Sides Both Both Sides Involved Dialogue Educational Truths Get Process Then Means Each

I wish I could say to all those people who consider themselves anarchists or radicals: Please join the nonviolent movement. This is how Gandhi freed India. If Gandhi freed India, we can certainly free the United States from our racism, misogyny, and bigotry. Dolores Huerta

Racism People Free Wish Consider Our Please Anarchist Say States Those India Join Could Freed How Nonviolent Movement Themselves Certainly Gandhi Who Radicals United United States

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

Racism Visible Easier Out Sexism Open Deal Lot Them

People were asleep, but I think they're waking up now. Trump has given everybody a good kick, and people are waking up and realizing they've got to get involved. Dolores Huerta

Good People Think Everybody Kick Given Involved Got Were Trump Up Waking Waking Up Get Realizing Asleep Now

Professional farmworkers who know how to do a number of different jobs, whether it be pruning or picking or crafting, they see themselves as professionals, and they take a lot of pride in that work. They don't see themselves as doing work that is demeaning. Dolores Huerta

My mother never made me do anything for my brothers, like serve them. I think that's an important lesson, especially for the Latino culture, because the women are expected to be the ones that serve and cook and whatever. Not in our family. Everybody was equal. Dolores Huerta

Family Me Culture Women Mother Made Important Whatever Lesson Think Everybody Our Latino Brothers Never Like Equal Important Lesson Because Women Are Expected Anything Them Cook Serve

If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others. Dolores Huerta

You Yourself Others Something How Forgive Forgiven

My son Emilio is running for Congress to continue the fight for social justice. Dolores Huerta

Justice Fight Son Congress Running Continue Social Social Justice

I always thought it was wrong for me to take credit for the work that I did. I don't think that anymore. Dolores Huerta

Work Me Thought Think Take Wrong Always Did Anymore Credit

When you are organizing a group of people, the first thing that we do is we talk about the history of what other people have been able to accomplish - people that look like them, workers like them, ordinary people, working people - and we give them the list: these are people like yourself; this is what they were able to do in their community. Dolores Huerta

History You Yourself People First Community Group Other Able About Give Like Look Talk First Thing Were Been Accomplish List The First Thing The History Of Ordinary Ordinary People Them Workers Working Working People Organizing Thing

I always saw my role as getting LGBT to support the immigrant rights movement - which they did - and getting Latino organizations to support the women's movement, for reproductive rights. So that's kind of the work that I've always been doing. Dolores Huerta

Work Rights Women Saw Latino Immigrant Rights Movement Kind Support Always Doing Been Role Did Getting Movement Reproductive Which Organizations

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