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I'm so, so thrilled that [Pope Francis] is there at this crucial moment in the history of our world.

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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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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Europe became rich because it exploited Africa and the Africans know that.
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We must stop climate change. And we can, if we use the tactics that worked in South Africa against the worst carbon emitters.
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We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose.
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There are very few institutions that give prizes to people who may not have got to be number one, but are possibly better at coaxing the best out of others.
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To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.
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Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.
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Jesus could weep. Sometimes when you look at the ugliness that makes you weep, you know that the heart of God is also weeping. Jesus is for real. He does not give up on anyone, least of all on me.
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I don't often want to speak. I try to be a reasonable person and to be diplomatic, but you go to that place and you see the settlements, you see what has happened to the land that was owned by the Palestinians.
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God is trying to woo us into a love affair with God.
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How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?
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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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Do your little bit of good where you are.
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Goodness is stronger than evil. Love is stronger than hate. Light is stronger than darkness. Life is stronger than death. Victory is ours through Him who loved us.
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The sad problem is that we see ourselves as being quite terribly small. Instead of spending my time being envious, I need to celebrate your and my different gifts, even if mine are perhaps less spectacular than yours.
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Sometimes you want to whisper in God's ear, God, we know you are in charge, but why don't you make it slightly more obvious?
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To be impartial... is indeed to have taken sides already... with the status quo.
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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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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
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Despite all of the ghastliness in the world, human beings are made for goodness. The ones that are held in high regard are not militarily powerful, nor even economically prosperous. They have a commitment to try and make the world a better place.
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