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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: 93
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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Anglican Priest
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Desmond Mpilo Tutu
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Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems.
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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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All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others
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People are able to justify immense cruelty and say that it is something that is sanctioned by their faith.
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Some people are able to use Bible as a means of opposing injustice, whereas others are able to find justification.
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All people would really want peace and all would want to be sure that they would not be taken advantage of.
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Being formed into a nation takes some doing.
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Let girls be girls and not brides
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I believe history teaches us a categorical lesson: that once a people are determined to become free, then nothing in the world can stop them reaching their goal.
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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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As a Christian, I believe in the sanctity of life and that death is a part of life.
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Most of the leading figures of the Old Testament were polygamists. Abraham had several wives and concubines. If they wanted, they could say this was approved in the Bible.
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God says, Please, please help me realize this dream. And some of God's best collaborators are the young, because you dream. You dream God's dream.
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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
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We can enjoy a self-assurance that doesn't depend on the state of things outside ourselves, be it downturns or booms or whatever.
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I don't know any religion that promotes violence. It is the adherents of whatever religion.
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I am not an afterthought I am not an accident.
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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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Without forgiveness, there's no future.
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Freedom is indivisible. Whites can't enjoy their separate freedoms. They spend too much time and resources defending those freedoms instead of enjoying them.
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