"If we succeed in empowering girls, we'll succeed……" — Desmond Tutu

"If we succeed in empowering girls, we'll succeed in everything else."

— Desmond Tutu

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267 Quotes by Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu has 267 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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…
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…
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…
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…
When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political, or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the…
If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be…
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.…

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More Empowering Quotes

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The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
War is what happens when language fails. — Margaret Atwood
For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to… — Michelle Bachelet
Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women. — Michelle Bachelet
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. — Abigail Adams
I think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower… — Robert Ballard
The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It… — Steve Ballmer
It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time. — Tallulah Bankhead
The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. — Roseanne Barr
The message that I gave on the - on the steps today was that you need to stand for those… — Glenn Beck
I think that you have to do everything you can do to empower girls when they are young, from their… — Susie Bright
Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy. — David Brin

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