Desmond Tutu Quotes

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• Beware when you take on the Church of God. Others have tried and have bitten the dust.
• We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only together, black and…
• When I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.
• Freedom is indivisible. Whites can't enjoy their separate freedoms. They spend too much time and resources defending those freedoms instead of enjoying them.
• We don't want apartheid liberalized. We want it dismantled. You can't improve something that is intrinsically evil.
• Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments of destruction, when millions are…
• My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument."
• Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be prepared for action.
• When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political, or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry…
• If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening.
• Dream! Dream! And then go for it!
• We struggled against apartheid because we were being blamed and made to suffer for something we could do nothing about. It is the same with…
• In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies.
• Love is much more demanding than law.
• All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others
• It is by standing up for the rights of girls and women that we truly measure up as men.
• We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose.
• We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when…
• There is no situation that is not transformable. There is no person who is hopeless. There is no set of circumstances that cannot be turned…
• 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…

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