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

The inaction of the international community towards Guatemala is injustifiable. The community should play an active role with concrete measures and sanctions imposed, as was the case in South Africa, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Cuba and Haiti. Why for us no? Why legalize death in one place and somewhere else no? This is clear in our memories.

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 human being is to be respected and defended, not protected like a bird or a river.

The media and politics have never allowed our people to speak through them. The absolute marginalization of the indigenous peoples is a fact, as is sophisticated militarization. These have been the most significant ingredients in the silent war.

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

The people are the only ones capable of transforming society.