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7 quotes by Rigoberta Menchu

Rigoberta Menchú Rigoberta Menchu in 2009. Born Rigoberta Menchú Tum (1959-01-09) 9 January 1959 (age 56) Laj Chimel, Quiché, Guatemala Nationality Guatemalan Occupation activist, politician Awards Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 Prince of Asturias Awards in 1998 Order of the Aztec Eagle in 2010. Website Rigoberta Menchú Tum Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Spanish: [riɣoˈβerta menˈtʃu]; born 9 January 1959) is an indigenous Guatemalan woman, of the...
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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... →

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

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

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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... →

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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... →

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It is not possible to conceive a democratic Guatemala, free and independent, without the indigenous identity shaping its character into all aspects... →

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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... →

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