Human rights Quote by Rigoberta Menchu

The media and politics have never allowed our people to speak through them. The absolute marginalization of the indigenous peoples is a fact, as…

— Rigoberta Menchu

I am deeply gladdened that 1993 has been delcared the International Year of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations. It is the first year…

— 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…

— Rigoberta Menchu

There is a national climate here. We're seeing a rise in hate speech, in intolerance, in racism, in division.

— Ted Wheeler

Today the governments of Latin America should be ashamed of not havingexterminated the indigenous, at the end of the twentieth century, because weexist at…

— Rigoberta Menchu

So many indigenous people have said to me that the fundamental difference between Western and indigenous ways of being is that even the most…

— Derrick Jensen

The way I think we were living is an invention. The truth is nobody can own anything. That was an unheard-of concept among indigenous…

— Tom Shadyac

Indigenous people made huge contributions to this country. The biggest is in sharing the land and resources. People need to see that, understand that.…

— Perry Bellegarde

I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet

— Edward James Olmos

The truth is nobody can own anything. That was an unheard-of concept among indigenous people. We invented that.

— Tom Shadyac

I am against the fact that a settler minority should impose an entire system of values on an indigenous people.

— Steven Biko

Now is the time to take stock of a painful part of our history. Only then can we move past it. Anything less would…

— Perry Bellegarde

We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.

— Malcolm Fraser

We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our…

— Steven Biko

Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples. There are…

— Tim Wise