I am deeply gladdened that 1993 has been delcared the International Year of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations. It is the first year we have had in five hundred years. This is thanks to the struggle of many untitled,… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
This is why Indians are thought to be stupid. They can't think, they don't know anything, they say. But we have hidden our identity… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
In Guatemala, the gap between rich and poor must be eliminated, or we will continue to be the example of conflict in America. — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
The priests say the new dawn will be like the rain that fertilizes the soil before we begin to plant our corn. It will… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
unless a religion springs from within the people themselves, it is a weapon of the system. — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
The culture of death is imposed by economic and political interests, the arrogance of power, corruption. I blame the first world for having taken… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
“Este mundo no va a cambiar a menos que estemos dispuestos a cambiar nosotros mismos” — Rigoberta Menchú Copy Share Image
For me, to celebrate the twelfth of October is the absolute expression of triumphism, occupation and presumptuousness, and I think that history will remember… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
I wasn't the only orphan in Guatemala. There are many others, and it's not my grief alone, it's the grief of a whole people. — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
... our reality teaches us that, as Christians, we must create a Church of the poor, that we don't need a Church imposed from… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
There is not one world for man and one for animals, they are part of the same one and lead parallel lives. — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
Let there be freedom for the Indians, wherever they may be in the American Continent or elsewhere in the world, because while they are… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
...instead of giving a rifle to somebody, build a school; instead of giving a rifle, build a community with adequate services. Instead of giving… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
... only those of us who carry our cause in our hearts are willing to run the risks. — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
I think that nonviolence is one way of saying that there are other ways to solve problems, not only through weapons and war. Nonviolence… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
