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• The Bible has been used as a way of making us accept our situation, and not to bring enlightenment to the poor.
• We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected,…
• The people are the only ones capable of transforming society.
• Today the governments of Latin America should be ashamed of not havingexterminated the indigenous, at the end of the twentieth century, because…
• I think that nonviolence is one way of saying that there are other ways to solve problems, not only through weapons and…
• This world's not going to change unless we're willing to change ourselves.
• I wish that a conscious sense of peace and a feeling of human solidarity would develop in all peoples...
• I am like a drop of water on a rock. After drip, drip, dripping in the same place, I begin to leave…
• Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without development, development cannot exist without democracy, democracy cannot…
• We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression…
• I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no…
• To be a light to others you will need a good dose of the spiritual life. Because as my mother used to…

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