Quotes by Rigoberta Menchu

Rigoberta Menchu

… only those of us who carry our cause in our hearts are willing to run the risks.

Heart

Risk

Running

… our reality teaches us that, as Christians, we must create a Church of the poor, that we don’t need a Church imposed from outside which knows nothing of hunger.

Christian

Church

Reality

… together we can build the people’s Church, a true Church. Not just a hierarchy, or a building, but a real change inside people.

People

Real

Together We Can

…instead of giving a rifle to somebody, build a school; instead of giving a rifle, build a community with adequate services. Instead of giving a rifle, develop an educational system that is not about conflict and violence, but one that promotes respect for values, for life, and respect for one’s elders. This requires a huge investment. Yet if we can invest in a different vision of peaceful coexistence, I think we can change the world, because every problem has a nonviolent answer.

Educational

School

Thinking

For me, to celebrate the twelfth of October is the absolute expression of triumphism, occupation and presumptuousness, and I think that history will remember those that celebrate it.

Expression

Occupation

Thinking

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. Thanks to them this international year has been declared.

Brother

Struggle

Years

I am like a drop of water on a rock. After drip, drip, dripping in the same place, I begin to leave a mark, and I leave my mark in many people’s hearts.

Heart

People

Rocks

I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for evading the responsibility of finding the most suitable path toward the elimination of any expression of discrimination against indigenous peoples.

Believe

Respect

Xenophobia

I think that if one’s role doesn’t correspond to what one says, if one’s life doesn’t correspond to what one preaches, if one is not true to one’s people, someone else will come as a substitute.

People

Roles

Thinking

I think that nonviolence is one way of saying that there are other ways to solve problems, not only through weapons and war. Nonviolence also means the recognition that the person on one side of the trench and the person on the other side of the trench are both human beings, with the same faculties. At some point they have to begin to understand one another.

Mean

Thinking

War

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Quotes by Rigoberta Menchu

Rigoberta Menchu

… only those of us who carry our cause in our hearts are willing to run the risks.

… our reality teaches us that, as Christians, we must create a Church of the poor, that we don’t need a Church imposed from outside which knows nothing of hunger.

… together we can build the people’s Church, a true Church. Not just a hierarchy, or a building, but a real change inside people.

For me, to celebrate the twelfth of October is the absolute expression of triumphism, occupation and presumptuousness, and I think that history will remember those that celebrate it.

I am like a drop of water on a rock. After drip, drip, dripping in the same place, I begin to leave a mark, and I leave my mark in many people’s hearts.

I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for evading the responsibility of finding the most suitable path toward the elimination of any expression of discrimination against indigenous peoples.

I think that if one’s role doesn’t correspond to what one says, if one’s life doesn’t correspond to what one preaches, if one is not true to one’s people, someone else will come as a substitute.

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