We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism. — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
The human being is to be respected and defended, not protected like a bird or a river. — 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
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
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
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
unless a religion springs from within the people themselves, it is a weapon of the system. — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share
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
“Este mundo no va a cambiar a menos que estemos dispuestos a cambiar nosotros mismos” — Rigoberta Menchú Copy Share
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
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
... 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
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
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
...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
... only those of us who carry our cause in our hearts are willing to run the risks. — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share
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
