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Desmond Tutu Quotes

Desmond Tutu quotes about people

South african Leader October 7, 1931

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When God grabs you by the scruff of the neck then although theoretically you have a freedom to say 'no', in another sense, actually, you can't say no because it's like Jeremiah. 'God, you have cheated me. You called me to be a prophet against the people that I love, and all that I proclaim is words of doom and judgement.' And yet if I say "I will shut up", I can't. Desmond Tutu
A person is a person through other persons. None of us comes into the world fully formed. We would not know how to think, or walk, or speak, or behave as human beings unless we learned it from other human beings. We need other human beings in order to be human. I am because other people are. A person is entitled to a stable community life, and the first of these communities is the family. Desmond Tutu
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 of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime. Desmond Tutu
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, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday. Desmond Tutu
For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet..."
Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people? Desmond Tutu
The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it - oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a..."
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not..."
People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised. Desmond Tutu
I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "When you think of the sort of things that happen when a..."
When you think of the sort of things that happen when a genocide happens, it's again not people who are intrinsically evil. Desmond Tutu
All the United States, it is a society that is split like to the bottom, that had very poor people in the country that is one of the wealthiest countries. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy."
Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy. Desmond Tutu

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