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Category Archive: Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu Quote: “The minute you got the Nobel…”

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.

October 27, 2021 1931, Desmond Tutu, October 7, Quotes by Leaders, South African

Desmond Tutu Quote: “Racism, xenophobia and unfair discrimination have…”

Racism, xenophobia and unfair discrimination have spawned slavery, when human beings have bought and sold and owned and branded fellow human beings as if they were so many beasts of burden.

August 17, 2021 1931, Desmond Tutu, October 7, Quotes by Leaders, South African

Desmond Tutu Quote: “We would like to see you…”

We would like to see you departing peacefully.

July 24, 2021 1931, Desmond Tutu, October 7, Quotes by Leaders, South African

Desmond Tutu Quote: “Many people would be surprised that…”

Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I’m quite shy.

July 21, 2021 1931, Desmond Tutu, October 7, Quotes by Leaders, South African

Desmond Tutu Quote: “You must show the world that…”

You must show the world that you abhor fighting.

July 20, 2021 1931, Desmond Tutu, October 7, Quotes by Leaders, South African

Desmond Tutu Quote: “I mean in the South African…”

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.

July 18, 2021 1931, Desmond Tutu, October 7, Quotes by Leaders, South African

Desmond Tutu Quote: “Be nice to whites, they need…”

Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

July 16, 2021 1931, Desmond Tutu, October 7, Quotes by Leaders, South African

Desmond Tutu Quote: “I am a leader by default…”

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

July 4, 2021 1931, Desmond Tutu, October 7, Quotes by Leaders, South African

Desmond Tutu Quote: “In the land of my birth…”

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute – a white skin.

June 3, 2021 1931, Desmond Tutu, October 7, Quotes by Leaders, South African

Desmond Tutu Quote: “Do your little bit of good…”

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

May 29, 2021 1931, Desmond Tutu, October 7, Quotes by Leaders, South African

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