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

The Bible has been used as a way of making us accept our situation, and not to bring enlightenment to the poor.

This is why Indians are thought to be stupid. They can't think, they don't know anything, they say. But we have hidden our identity because we needed to resist, we wanted to protect what governments have wanted to take away from us.

In my opinion, peace has not come to America, to Nicaragua, or to El Salvador. A hungry people is a people without peace. If the demands of the people are not met, what kind of peace are we talking about?

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

The people are the only ones capable of transforming society.

In the case of my country, Guatemala, 65% of the inhabitants are indigenous. The constitution speaks of protection for the indigenous. Who authorized a minority to protect an immense majority? It is not only political, cultural and economic marginalization, it is an attempt against the dignity of the majority of the population.