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

- Rigoberta Menchu

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

- Rigoberta Menchu

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

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 …

- Rigoberta Menchu

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…

- Rigoberta Menchu

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…

- Rigoberta Menchu

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

- Rigoberta Menchu

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

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…

- Rigoberta Menchu