Dolores C. Huerta is the co-founder and First Vice President Emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO .
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“If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others.”
Dolores Huerta
“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.”
“Among poor people, there's 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 don't have these questions about yourself like middle-class women do.”
“Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.”
“went back to our old culture, the Latino culture.”
“We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We've got to jump right in there with both feet.”
“We are inspired by what is happening here. The revolution here is electoral. It has inspired us to take these lessons to our country and to inspire our people too.”
“Don't be a marshmallow. Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk. Stop being vegetables. Work for Justice. Viva the boycott!”
“We're here celebrating a new civil rights movement, and it's headed up by Latinos.”
“None of that would have happened had it not been for the marches. But our work is not done.”