Desmond Tutu
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“All the United States, it is a society that is split like to the bottom, that had very poor people in the country that is one of the wealthiest countries.” -Desmond Tutu
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“But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.” -Desmond Tutu
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“God’s love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.” -Desmond Tutu
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“I don’t think I’ve ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.” -Desmond Tutu
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“I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.” -Desmond Tutu
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“Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.” -Desmond Tutu
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“In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame.” -Desmond Tutu
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“Do your little bit of good where you are its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” -Desmond Tutu
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“Isn’t it amazing that we are all made in God’s image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?” -Desmond Tutu
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“When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish.” -Desmond Tutu
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“Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.” -Desmond Tutu
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“Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC’s military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.” -Desmond Tutu
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“In God’s family, there are no outsiders, no enemies.” -Desmond Tutu
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“You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” -Desmond Tutu
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“Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining.” -Desmond Tutu
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“When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish.” -Desmond Tutu
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“I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday.” -Desmond Tutu
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“Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that’s where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.” -Desmond Tutu
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“It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.” -Desmond Tutu
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“Isn’t it amazing that we are all made in God’s image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?” -Desmond Tutu
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