Rigoberta Menchu People Quotations

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

The people are the only ones capable of transforming society.

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

The priests say the new dawn will be like the rain that fertilizes the soil before we begin to plant our corn. It will renew the natural cycle of life. The Mayan people will once again flourish. I believe in this very strongly. The holy men say we are entering a period of clarity. We are rediscovering our Mayan values.