Rigoberta Menchu Quotes

Freedom and Justice are twin sisters.

In order to establish peace, you must have fair justice for everyone.

If you want peace work for justice.

Social justice is the surest guarantor of peace in the world.

Democracy is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve the sacred promises of human dignity, justice and peace.

I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.

I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.

I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.

I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.

True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others.

Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance.

In the name of justice there cannot be subjection and in the name of peace there cannot be impunity.

There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth.

If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end.

I'm a Christian. I want the world of justice and equality. This is the only way to achieve peace.

If you want peace, work for justice.

I hope that liberty and equality and opportunity lie within your heart because the hopes of millions of Americans depend on it.

The principles for which we stand are the principles of fair play and a square deal for every man and every woman in the United States.

There is no peace without justice; There is no justice without fairness; There is no fairness without development; There is no development without democracy; There is no democracy without respect for the identity and the dignity of all cultures and peoples.

Without justice, development is not possible.

… you can have peace at the barrel of a gun, but unless you have peace with justice and self-determination, and allow people to exist in a way where they feel they have had justice done, they can determine their own future, you will never have a just situation, you will never have peace.

What is life without liberty; and what is liberty without equality of rights?

Nobody's lesser or greater; that's what our Constitution is about.

I just think bad vibes and hate and Trump are getting so much airtime, we need to speak out loud for peace and equality and fairness and make sure we all know that there are a lot of us out here in the world that just want love.