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People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change.

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Desmond Tutu
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
Activist
Anglican Priest
Non-Fiction Writer
Archbisphop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu
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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.
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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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Every single one of us can do something, however small, to make a difference.
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People almost always imagine that life is going to be better in town and that the streets of the town are paved with gold.
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There is room for everyone there is room for every culture, race, language and point of view.
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I am human because I belong, I participate, I share.
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Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
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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]
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My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity especially on the situation in Gaza shames us all. It is almost like the behaviour of the military junta in Burma
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One of the things we might want to learn when considering the failings of others is not to gloat because someone else has tripped up.
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The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence for life.
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As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities.
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Resentment and anger are bad for your blood pressure and your digestion.
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The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it - oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible.
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Laugh more. Don't forget to enjoy the blessings that God bestows on this beautiful planet.
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A life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives.
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I believe in MasterPeace. World leaders cannot push back armed conflict alone. We need the whole world to make this happen.
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People are killed because they're gay. I don't think, What do I want to do today? I want to speak up on gay rights. No. It's God catching me by my neck. I wish I could keep quiet about the plight of the Palestinians. I can't!
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To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.
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Dream of a world where children can laugh and play and not be blown up by a mine they thought was a toy.
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