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Anywhere where the humanity of people is undermined, anywhere where people are left in the dust, there we will find our cause.

Desmond Tutu

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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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God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.
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