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

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

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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

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It was really hard for them to intimidate me. They felt I was intimidating. One of the growers had a name for me: I think it was 'dragon lady' or something like it. - Dolores Huerta

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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

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I remember as a little girl going down to the beet fields in the Dakotas and in Nebraska and Wyoming as migrant workers when I was very, very small, like, I was, like, 5 years old, I believe. And I remember going out there, you know, traveling to these states and living in these little tarpaper shacks that they had in Wyoming. - Dolores Huerta

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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. - Dolores Huerta

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

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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

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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

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