Desmond Tutu Quotes - Page 9

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• I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

  Desmond Tutu

  Inspirational, Leadership, Nature

  As quoted in "The Christian Science Monitor", December 20, 1984.

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• When people see what is happening in Gaza, that can't make you too fond of the perpetrators - the Israelis. If you are a Muslim and you look at what is happening there, it fills you with a lot of resentment. Especially if you are weak, then you are nursing these grudges and you are increasing in bitterness and look for a chance to get your own back.

  Desmond Tutu

  Nursing, People, Looks

  Interview With Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. June 17, 2012.

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• Now that they talk about Islam as being a violent faith, when you look at the history of Christendom, the Crusades and the many wars of religion that were fought, the cruelty of Christians in burning what they believed to be witches and burning heretics, and then very recently they were responsible for the Holocaust... it was Christians.

  Desmond Tutu

  Christian, War, Holocaust

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. June 17, 2012.

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• Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.

  Desmond Tutu

  People, Would Be, Shy

  "The secrets of a peacemaker" by Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2009.

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• My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.

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  Father, Lying, Voice

  Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu (1989). “The words of Desmond Tutu”, Newmarket Pr

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• Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

  Desmond Tutu

  Air, Order, Shining

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• I have voted for the ANC, but I would very sadly not be able to vote for them after the way things have gone.

  Desmond Tutu

  Gone, Able, Way

  "Desmond Tutu lauds launch of Agang, Mamphela Ramphele's ANC challenger" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2013.

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• Brothers and sisters of Egypt, you have given the world the most precious gift: the belief that ultimately right will prevail.

  Desmond Tutu

  Brother, Egypt, World

  "As it happened: Egypt's new era". "Saturday Morning News" with Jessica Ellis, edition.cnn.com. February 12, 2011.

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• At home in South Africa I have sometimes said in big meetings where you have black and white together: 'Raise your hands!' Then I have said: 'Move your hands,' and I've said 'Look at your hands - different colors representing different people. You are the Rainbow People of God.'

  Desmond Tutu

  Moving, Home, Black And White

  "Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Peacemaker in a Diverse Nation". www.csmonitor.com. October 26, 1994.

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• I'm not an optimist. I'm a prisoner of hope.

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  Optimist, Prisoner

  "Post-Apartheid South Africa". "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly" with Fred de Sam Lazaro, www.pbs.org. July 2, 2010.

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• I have heard and seen many examples of the cruelty that we are able to visit on one another during my time. . . I have also seen incredible forgiveness and compassion. Yes, each of us has the capacity for great evil. But for every act of evil there are a dozen acts of goodness in our world that go unnoticed. It is only because we believe that people should be good that we despair when they are not. Indeed, if people condoned the evil, we would be justified in losing hope. But most of the world does not. We know that we are meant for better.

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  Believe, Compassion, Our World

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• The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

  Desmond Tutu

  Memorial Day, Peace, Freedom

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• Dream! Dream! And then go for it!

  Desmond Tutu

  Dream

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• I'm coming to believe more and more in the truth that everything we do has consequences. A good deed doesn't just evaporate and disappear.

  Desmond Tutu

  Believe, Deeds, Goodness

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• But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.

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  Smile, Next, Smile Because

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• Despite all of the ghastliness in the world, human beings are made for goodness. The ones that are held in high regard are not militarily powerful, nor even economically prosperous. They have a commitment to try and make the world a better place.

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  Powerful, Commitment, Trying

  FaceBook post by Desmond Tutu from Jan 10, 2014

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• Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.

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  Way Forward, Justice, Path

  "In Africa, a step backward on human rights" by Desmond Tutu, www.washingtonpost.com. March 12, 2010.

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• Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

  Desmond Tutu

  Nice, Humanity, Needs

  New York Times, October 19, 1984.

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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.

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  Revenge, Military, Men

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• We can only be human together.

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  Together, Humans

  Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu (1989). “The words of Desmond Tutu”, Newmarket Pr

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• The world's forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children's future

  Desmond Tutu

  Nature, Children, World

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• We will only truly be free when those in bondage are finally free

  Desmond Tutu

  Bondage

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• Every single one of us can do something, however small, to make a difference.

  Desmond Tutu

  Differences, Making A Difference, Can Do Something

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• Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."
  
  [Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]

  Desmond Tutu

  Voice, Addresses, Foundation

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• Nothing is too much trouble for Love.

  Desmond Tutu

  Too Much, Trouble

  Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu (1989). “The words of Desmond Tutu”, Newmarket Pr

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