Rigoberta Menchu Quotes

Rigoberta Menchu — Guatemalan Activist born on January 09, 1959,

Rigoberta Menchú Tum is an indigenous woman from the country of Guatemala, of the K'iche' ethnic group. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War, and to promoting indigenous rights in the country. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 and the Prince of Asturias Award in 1998. She is the subject of the testimonial biography I, Rigoberta Menchú and the author of the autobiographical work, Crossing Borders. Menchú is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. She has also become a figure in indigenous political parties and ran for President of Guatemala in 2007 and 2011... (wikipedia)

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

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.

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.

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

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 Menchu Quotes

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