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It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant.
Desmond Tutu
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Desmond Tutu
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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It is by standing up for the rights of girls and women that we truly measure up as men.
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It is very difficult now in South Africa to find anyone who ever supported apartheid.
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I believe history teaches us a categorical lesson: that once a people are determined to become free, then nothing in the world can stop them reaching their goal.
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I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.
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To forgive is to abandon your right to pay back the predator in his own coin, but it is the loss that Liberates.
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I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.
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All of us experience fear, but when we confront and acknowledge it, we are able to turn it into courage. Being courageous does not mean never being scared it means acting as you know you must even though you are undeniably afraid.
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Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.
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The reprisal against the suicide bomber does not bring peace. There is a suicide bomber, a reprisal and then a counter-reprisal. And it just goes on and on.
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