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Rigoberta Menchu quotes: I would get up in the morning and I would say, "How am I going to bother them today?"

I would get up in the morning and I would say, "How am I going to bother them today?"

Rigoberta Menchu quotes: It doesn't mean that I reject everything because I know that things come in their time and when you do things calmly, they work much better.

It doesn't mean that I reject everything because I know that things come in their time and when you do things calmly, they work much better.

Rigoberta Menchu quotes: 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.

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

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

Rigoberta Menchu quotes: Together we can build the people's Church, a true Church. Not just a hierarchy, or a building, but a real change inside people.

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

Rigoberta Menchu quotes: I wish that a conscious sense of peace and a feeling of human solidarity would develop in all peoples ...

I wish that a conscious sense of peace and a feeling of human solidarity would develop in all peoples ...

Rigoberta Menchu quotes: There is not one world for man and one for animals, they are part of the same one and lead parallel lives.

There is not one world for man and one for animals, they are part of the same one and lead parallel lives.

Rigoberta Menchu quotes: Only those of us who carry our cause in our hearts are willing to run the risks.

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

Rigoberta Menchu quotes: This world's not going to change unless we're willing to change ourselves.

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

Rigoberta Menchu quotes: Not even anthropologists or intellectuals, no matter how many books they have, can find out all our secrets.

Not even anthropologists or intellectuals, no matter how many books they have, can find out all our secrets.

Rigoberta Menchu quotes: Unless a religion springs from within the people themselves, it is a weapon of the system.

Unless a religion springs from within the people themselves, it is a weapon of the system.

Rigoberta Menchu quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The Bible has been used as a way of making us accept our situation, and not to bring enlightenment to the poor.

The Bible has been used as a way of making us accept our situation, and not to bring enlightenment to the poor.

Rigoberta Menchu quotes: We can only love a person who eats what we eat.

We can only love a person who eats what we eat.

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

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

Rigoberta Menchu quotes: The people are the only ones capable of transforming society.

The people are the only ones capable of transforming society.