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I give great thanks to God that he has created a Dalai Lama. Do you really think, as some have argued, that God will be saying: 'You know, that guy, the Dalai Lama, is not bad. What a pity he's not a Christian'? I don't think that is the case - because, you see, God is not a Christian.

Desmond Tutu

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Desmond Tutu
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society.
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As a Christian, I believe in the sanctity of life and that death is a part of life.
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God hopes that we are going to love God 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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God could have created us to be automatons who were always choosing the right side, making the right decision. It is an incredible thing, God said I want persons who therefore have freedom.
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My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.
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I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular.
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My vote is my secret.
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A person is a person through other persons you can't be human in isolation you are human only in relationships.
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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
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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.
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