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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.

Rigoberta Menchu's Popular Quotes

This world's not going to change unless we're willing to change ourselves.

- Rigoberta Menchu

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

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No less characteristic in a democracy is social justice. This demands a solution to the frightening indexes of infant mortality, of malnutrition, lac…

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The problem in Guatemala is that there is no solution to the issue of human rights. The problem is militarization, it is the injust distribution of w…

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We say no to the peace that keeps us on our knees, no to the peace that keeps us in chains, no to the false peace that denies the values and contribu…

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What I treasure most in life is being able to dream. During my most difficult moments and complex situations I have been able to dream of a more …

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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 hear…

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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.

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Racism in our countries is a fact in that the indian is not allowed to be a politician or aspire to being head of state. It has reached the point tha…

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