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Labor leader

Dolores Huerta is a distinguished labor leader and civil rights activist, born on April 10, 1930. She is renowned for her work with the United Farm Workers (UFW) and her relentless pursuit of improving the living and working conditions for farmworkers in the United States.

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“Leadership is a choice one makes.”

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“When you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that's what makes a leader.”

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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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“We have to get back down to basics. We have to start organizing at the neighborhood level to get people educated to vote.”

People Levels Vote Educated Neighborhood Get Back Basics

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“There's just so many facets, I think, of the ignorance in our society that have to be corrected if we're really going to have a democratic society and a society that is just and that respects all of the members of this society regardless of who they are, what color they may be, what sexual orientation that they have or what gender, you know, they happen to be.”

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“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.”

Needs Today Given Attention Our Society Misogyny Society Today

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“My children grew up very resourceful and strong in spite of them having to live with different families and that I had to drag them all over the country with me.”

Children Different Country Strong Grew Grew Up My Children Spite Drag Resourceful Different Families

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“I want to say to mothers out there, you know, take your children to marches. Take them to meetings because this is a way that they can become strong, and they understand what politics is all about because they are actually living it.”

Knows Way Want Children Mother Strong Our Children Meetings Your Children March Actually Living

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“If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?”

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“Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.”

World Persons Moments Opportunity Peace Chance Minutes Changing The World Activist

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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.”

Trying Children I Can Kids Class Teach Seeing Workers Shoes Quitting Hungry Farms Because I Can I Quit

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“Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth...”

Way Wealth Fairs Labor Organized Distribution Distribution Of Wealth Organized Labor

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“The great social justice changes in our country have happened when people came together, organized, and took direct action. It is this right that sustains and nurtures our democracy today. The civil rights movement, the labor movement, the women's movement, and the equality movement for our LGBT brothers and sisters are all manifestations of these rights.”

“Among our people, theres not any question about women being strong -- even stronger than men -- they work in the fields right along with the men. When your survival is at stake, you dont have these questions about yourself like middle -- class women do.”

People Men Strong Class Middle Fields He Man Survival Stronger Middle Class About Yourself Stakes

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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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“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.”

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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.”

Men Young Mother Force Saws Our Family Young Women Dominant

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“We 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!”

Knows World Way Feels Should Light Shining Accomplish Great Things Accomplishment Egotistical

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“Every minute a chance to change the world.”

World Chance Minutes Changing 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.”

World Use Earth Our Lives Acquire Better Place Places To Live

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About the Author

Born: April 10, 1930
Known for: Labor leader
Quotes: 71

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