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Famous Desmond Tutu Quotes
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”
“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”
“A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.”
“It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.”
“Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that.”
“Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.”
“Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.”
“God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.”
“Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.”
“I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.”
“It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.”
“We inhabit a universe that is characterized by diversity.”
“You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.”
“In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society.”
“Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.”
“I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular.”