Now that they talk about Islam as being a violent faith, when you look at the history of Christendom, the Crusades and… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Isn't it sad, that in a time when we face so many devastating problems - poverty, HIV/AIDS, war and conflict - that… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
There's no way in which you can ever win a war against terror. As long as there are conditions in many parts… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Stability and peace in our land will not come from the barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an impossibility. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“A very important but difficult piece of renewing relationships is accepting responsibility for our part in any conflict. If we have a… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
As much as the world has an instinct for evil and is a breeding ground for genocide, holocaust, slavery, racism, war, oppression,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
When we look at a conflict, it is so often rooted in injustice, prejudice, competition for resources, poverty, poor governance and corruption. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Poverty - the greatest cause of human suffering on the planet - is itself exacerbated by conflict, competition for resources, injustice, even… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
What we try to do as Elders is help those who are trying to change their own societies and communities for the… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I believe in MasterPeace. World leaders cannot push back armed conflict alone. We need the whole world to make this happen. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“We are always at our best when compassion enables us to recognize the unique pressures and singular stories of the people on… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Each of us is precious to God because each of us has their name written on the palms of God's hands. And God says… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people are not vigilant. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only together, black… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Too many people think that reconciliation means you soft-pedal differences. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Our Christian faith is actually very subversive of the conventional notion of success - the notion that what invests a person with worth is… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Race should not be used to claim privileges and rights for one group, exclusively, which are denied other different groups. Then that is an… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
People are able to justify immense cruelty and say that it is something that is sanctioned by their faith. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
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… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“child of God, known by name and whose very hairs are numbered. Praise and adore God and thank him for ever and ever. Amen.” — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image