--- title: "1 Corridors Quotes By Rigoberta Menchu" description: "1 Corridors quotes by Rigoberta Menchu. Plus more from Rigoberta Menchu and more Corridors sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b78/rigoberta-menchu-13774_asking_i-am-deeply-gladdened-that-1993-has-been_2016810.png" --- > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/i-am-deeply-gladdened-that-1993-has-been-delcared-the-international/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b78/rigoberta-menchu-13774_asking_i-am-deeply-gladdened-that-1993-has-been_2016810.png) ## More by Rigoberta Menchu > [I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/i-resolutely-believe-that-respect-for-diversity-is-a-fundamental/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/this-is-why-indians-are-thought-to-be-stupid-they-can-t-think-they/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) > [In Guatemala, the gap between rich and poor must be eliminated, or we will continue to be the example of conflict in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/in-guatemala-the-gap-between-rich-and-poor-must-be-eliminated-or-we/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) > [The priests say the new dawn will be like the rain that fertilizes the soil before we begin to plant our corn. It will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/the-priests-say-the-new-dawn-will-be-like-the-rain-that-fertilizes/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) > [unless a religion springs from within the people themselves, it is a weapon of the system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/unless-a-religion-springs-from-within-the-people-themselves-it-is-a/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) > [The culture of death is imposed by economic and political interests, the arrogance of power, corruption. I blame the first world for having taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/the-culture-of-death-is-imposed-by-economic-and-political-interests/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) > [“Este mundo no va a cambiar a menos que estemos dispuestos a cambiar nosotros mismos”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/este-mundo-no-va-a-cambiar-a-menos-que-estemos-dispuestos-a-cambiar/) [Rigoberta Menchú](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) > [For me, to celebrate the twelfth of October is the absolute expression of triumphism, occupation and presumptuousness, and I think that history will remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/for-me-to-celebrate-the-twelfth-of-october-is-the-absolute-expression/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/i-wasn-t-the-only-orphan-in-guatemala-there-are-many-others-and-it-s/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) > [... our reality teaches us that, as Christians, we must create a Church of the poor, that we don't need a Church imposed from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/our-reality-teaches-us-that-as-christians-we-must-create-a-church-of/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) > [There is not one world for man and one for animals, they are part of the same one and lead parallel lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/there-is-not-one-world-for-man-and-one-for-animals-they-are-part-of/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) > [Let there be freedom for the Indians, wherever they may be in the American Continent or elsewhere in the world, because while they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/let-there-be-freedom-for-the-indians-wherever-they-may-be-in-the/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) > [...instead of giving a rifle to somebody, build a school; instead of giving a rifle, build a community with adequate services. Instead of giving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/instead-of-giving-a-rifle-to-somebody-build-a-school-instead-of/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) > [... only those of us who carry our cause in our hearts are willing to run the risks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/only-those-of-us-who-carry-our-cause-in-our-hearts-are-willing-to-run/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) > [I think that nonviolence is one way of saying that there are other ways to solve problems, not only through weapons and war. Nonviolence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/i-think-that-nonviolence-is-one-way-of-saying-that-there-are-other/) [Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/corridors/rigoberta-menchu/#itemlist", "name": "1 Corridors Quotes By Rigoberta Menchu", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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, unnamed indigenous brothers who, without understanding international law, patiently walked the corridors asking for some time. 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