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South Quotes by Desmond Tutu
- South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world.
- It was Christians, you know, not Pagans, who were responsible for the Holocaust. It was Christians, not Pagans, who lynched people here in the South,…
- There is no peace in South Africa. There is no peace because there is no justice. There can be no real peace and security until…
- It is very difficult now in South Africa to find anyone who ever supported apartheid.
- At home in South Africa I have sometimes said in big meetings where you have black and white together: 'Raise your hands!' Then I have…
- I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and I have witnessed the racially segregated roads and housing that reminded me so much of the…
- It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.
- In my country of South Africa, we struggled for years against the evil system of apartheid that divided human beings, children of the same God,…
- In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use…
- 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…
- I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community,…
- When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South…
More South Quotes
- The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal… — Emily Greene Balch
- I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as… — Alan Ball
- On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned. — Christiaan Barnard
- Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan. — Benazir Bhutto
- In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face. — Steven Biko
- Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their party entered… — Conrad Black
- I do the same gig. I might change it a little; I might slow it down if I'm in the South. I… — Lewis Black
- I knew I had to get out of Boston and stop making movies there, at least for one movie, otherwise no one… — Ben Affleck
- My thinking was taught to tribes in South Africa like the Zulus and Xhosas. At the time there were about 210 fights… — Edward de Bono
- I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America. — Jeff Bridges
- Fifty thousand people in Mexico have been murdered. Puerto Penasco, 60 miles south of our border, just had five people and a… — Jan Brewer
- Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my… — Louise Brown