Dolores Huerta Zitate auf Englisch

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I think organized labor is a necessary part of democracy. Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.

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

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

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

I think organized labor is a necessary part of democracy. Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.

Dolores Huerta

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

Dolores Huerta

We do need women in civic life. We do need women to run for office, to be in political office. We need a feminist to be at the table when decisions are being made so that the right decisions will be made.

Dolores Huerta

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 was a dominant force in our family. And I always saw her as the leader. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that women had to be dominated by men.

Dolores Huerta

The leaders come up from the volunteers that do the work, and it's amazing because then they do these incredible things in their community that they never thought they had the power to make that happen.

Dolores Huerta

We had violence directed at us by the growers themselves, trying to run us down by cars, pointing rifles at us, spraying the people when they were on the picket line with sulfur.

Dolores Huerta

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

Dolores Huerta

My dad was very intelligent, had a very strong personality. I was amazed with my father.

Dolores Huerta