“What makes them haughty and strong is that they've studied to be authorities so that the law will be obeyed. The law has always been hard. They say that only by being that way can they force you to obey… — Manlio Argueta Copy Share
“What makes them haughty and strong is that they've studied to be authorities so that the law will be obeyed. The law has always been hard. They say that only by being that way can they force you to obey the law; there are people who won't be good otherwise. We're only interested in being bad, they say. I don't… — Manlio Argueta Copy Share
“Guadalupe Fuentes: --They're not paid to kill honest people, to shoot for no good reasons. Rubenia Fuentes: --Ah, my little girl, then why do you think they give them those big guns that look like tree branches and are larger than they themselves? To shoot, baby, to shoot. Because if they don't, that gives rise to talk that the authorities… — Manlio Argueta Copy Share
“It was nicer that way. knowing that something called rights existed. The right to health care, to good and to schooling for our children . . . For us things were good; for others they were bad. Especially for the landowners, who are the ones who suffered most when we demanded our rights. They spend more and earn less. Besides,… — Manlio Argueta Copy Share
“Life gets harder and harder. They say we have a lot of people in this country. And the most abundant are the poor. Hordes of poor people everywhere. But what can we do? What are we guilty of? That is why there's so much hunger in the villages and everywhere. Well I don't think life should be that way. "What's… — Manlio Argueta Copy Share
“If I’m called on to shed my blood, it doesn't matter because it's for the good of everyone else.” — Manlio Argueta Copy Share Image
“No one forgets his pain, that’s a lie. It’s buried there in memory and remains in you forever.” — Manlio Argueta Copy Share Image
“The road to Hell is paved with evildoers, they'd tell us. And the evildoers were those who had bad thoughts. We always wanted to… — Manlio Argueta Copy Share Image
“They taught us to manage money and how to et a good price for our eggs, chickens or pigs. We used to know how… — Manlio Argueta Copy Share Image
“We call our worst enemies dogs, but they don't deserve it because dogs are the friends of man.” — Manlio Argueta Copy Share Image
“Even innocent people find themselves in trouble, Adolfina is innocent. We're all innocent. The only ones at fault for the bad things that are… — Manlio Argueta Copy Share Image
“The guardsmen dragged him to the Detour; the mules they had ridden were there. The corpse was buried near here or the buzzards ate… — Manlio Argueta Copy Share Image
