unless a religion springs from within the people themselves, it is a weapon of the system. - Rigoberta Menchu - Quotesmemo.com

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Africa is destined to anarchy. It is turning into 36 Haitis, with 36 Duvaliers, full of Cadillacs, beggars and snarling dogs.

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Rigoberta Menchu

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

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Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without development, development cannot exist without democracy, democracy cannot exist without respect for the identity and worth of cultures and peoples.

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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.

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

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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.

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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 hearts.

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Africa is destined to anarchy. It is turning into 36 Haitis, with 36 Duvaliers, full of Cadillacs, beggars and snarling dogs.

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. . . there is the sheer emotional, intellectual, physical, chemical pleasure of your children. The honest truth is that the world holds no greater gratification than lying in bed with your children, putting your leg on top of them in a semi-crushing manner, while saying sternly, "You are a poo.

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I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others. . . An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. . . . Power is not alluring to pure minds and is not with them the primary principle of contest.

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