Rigoberta Menchú quotes

Rigoberta Menchú is a Guatemalan indigenous activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Her work has focused on promoting the rights of indigenous peoples and exposing human rights abuses during Guatemala’s civil war. She has become an international symbol of peace and social justice. Here are 10 of her quotes:

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 beautiful future. (Rigoberta Menchú)

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.

Rigoberta Menchú

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

Rigoberta Menchú

We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.

Rigoberta Menchú

We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression we face. War has caused more problems. We cannot embrace that path.

Rigoberta Menchú

I feel a deep emotion and pride for the honor of having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1992.

Rigoberta Menchú

The indigenous peoples never had, and still do not have, the place that they should have occupied in the progress and benefits of science and technology, although they represented an important basis for this development.

Rigoberta Menchú

When you are convinced your cause is just, you fight for it.

Rigoberta Menchú

Let there be freedom for the Indians, wherever they may be in the American Continent or elsewhere in the world, because while they are alive, a glow of hope will be alive as well as a true concept of life.

Rigoberta Menchú

To be a light to others you will need a good dose of the spiritual life. Because as my mother used to say, if you are in a good place, then you can help others; but if you're not well, then go look for somebody who is in a good place who can help you.

Rigoberta Menchú

Rigoberta Menchú

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Occupation: Activist
Born: January 9, 1959
Quotes count: 10
Wikipedia: Rigoberta Menchú

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