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To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.
Desmond Tutu
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Desmond Tutu
Age: 92
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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Anglican Priest
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Archbisphop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu
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Race should not be used to claim privileges and rights for one group, exclusively, which are denied other different groups. Then that is an illegitimate use of race.
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If you recall the happiest moments in your life, they are all from when you were doing something for somebody else.
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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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I wish that we did have a magic wand which we could wave and hey presto! Magic! Unfortunately life is not like that.
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