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We can be human only together. A person is a person to other persons.
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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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 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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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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When a fire starts in one it just races through. And that is in a way unconscionable.
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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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There are things that must evoke our anger to show we care. It is what we do with that anger. If we direct that energy we can use it positively or destructively.
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I have voted for the ANC, but I would very sadly not be able to vote for them after the way things have gone.
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The final and full revelation of God is not a book, it is a person. Jesus Christ.
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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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Some people are able to use Bible as a means of opposing injustice, whereas others are able to find justification.
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If I diminish you, I diminish myself
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We have an extraordinary God. God is a mighty God, but this God needs you. When someone is hungry, bread doesn't come down from heaven. When God wants to feed the hungry, you and I must feed the hungry. And now God wants peace in the world.
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Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity. They think, I am a human being and I may not be able to defeat these people or destroy them, but I will hit out at them, because I am not a thing, I am human.
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When you are in love you strive to do the things that will please your lover.
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Human beings have a vested interest in being trustworthy.
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To be impartial... is indeed to have taken sides already... with the status quo.
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Men and boys, we show our manhood through the way we treat our women. Our wives, our sisters, our mothers.
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A person is a person through other persons you can't be human in isolation you are human only in relationships.
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Human beings can be awful, but they can also be tremendous.
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Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity.
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