But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.

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

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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

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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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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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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

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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

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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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