"Universal education is not only a moral imperative……" — Desmond Tutu
"Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining."
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267 Quotes by Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu has 267 quotes on this site.
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Beware when you take on the Church of God. Others have tried and have bitten the dust.
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We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be…
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When I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.
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Freedom is indivisible. Whites can't enjoy their separate freedoms. They spend too much time and resources defending those freedoms instead…
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We don't want apartheid liberalized. We want it dismantled. You can't improve something that is intrinsically evil.
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Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments…
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My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument."
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Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be…
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When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political, or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the…
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If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be…
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Dream! Dream! And then go for it!
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We struggled against apartheid because we were being blamed and made to suffer for something we could do nothing about.…
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My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.
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I don't want the United States to be in a global economy where our economic future is bound to that…
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Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.
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Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property.
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